Tash Houli

18.05.2022 1815

The stone courtyard Palace was built by Khiva Khan Olokulikhon in 1830-1838 years. The stone courtyard Palace is reminiscent of a fort with high wall towers and Gates. The palace was called a stone courtyard because its walls were dialed from a baked brick.

The palace consists of three large courtyards - a view room, a hotel and a harem, as well as five small courtyards and 163 rooms. Initially the harem was built separately, The Harem consisted of a straight four-angled courtyard and surrounding 1-2-storey patio rooms. Surrounded by a thick wall with an atrophy zodiac sign. Doors and columns are considered one of the highest examples of the art of wood carving. The most perfect art of the Craftsmen of Khiva in the quieter carved patterns on the marble column stones, iron bars has its own expression. The stone of the pillar of the veranda after the great veranda was embellished with the sign of "immortality" along with the Islamic ornaments, the woman who gave birth to emishki Khan as a crown prince lived near the Khan khobhana. Aksi in the ceilings were used reddish brown color as opposed to green tiles. The embossed girix and Hovzak patterns on each ceiling were not repeated for the second time, patterns of decoration on the wall of small veranda were also performed in a special style.

The structure of the hotel (43x36 meters) resembles a landfill in a stone courtyard and an appearance Hall in a dilapidated Arch, it was built in 1832-34 years. The not-so-large choral courtyard is surrounded by rooms from the surrounding area. In the yard there are also circles-sticks, which are the basis for fire. In his time, the guests were given a large berth on the same fire. The main reception of the palace was held on the main terrace overlooking the north side. In the presence of the Khan, travelers who talked with him, the ambassadors made these awnings look like a theatrical scene. The decoration of the hotel does not stay from the decoration of the veranda, but here the Masters worked differently flowers and panes in glazed tiles. Artist-Potters used a lot of lozhuward color. The head veranda is quite high, with flat walls covered with glazed tiles, brightly decorated ceilings, sunflowers and domes making the courtyard a picturesque and luxurious.

The appearance room was also luxuriously decorated with colorful mosaics, and the work of the mosaic in the palace was performed by master Abdulla jin. The construction of the stone courtyard Palace was led by mehtar Muhammad Yusuf Baba, while the Chief Master of the construction was entrusted to master Kalandar Khivaki after the death of nur Muhammad tuji.

In the harem part of the stone courtyard Palace was located the Museum of history in 1945 - 1983 years. The restoration work, which began in 1976, was completed in 1989 and the exposition "Khorezm craftsmanship" was opened in the harem yard in the same year. This exposition also operates now.