Kutlug Timur minaret is a minaret in Konye-Urgench in north Turkmenistan, Central Asia. Constructed in 1011 during the Khwarazmian dynasty, the minaret stands at a height of 60 meters, with a base diameter of 12 meters and a top diameter of 2 meters.[1] In 2005, the ruins of Old Urgench, where the minaret is situated, were inscribed on the UNESCO List of World Heritage Sites.[2]
| Kutlug Timur Minaret | |
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 Kutlug Timur Minaret as seen in May 2006 | |
  Location of Kutlug Timur Minaret in Turkmenistan | |
| 42°20′N 59°09′E / 42.333°N 59.150°E | |
| Type | Monument |
| Periods | Khwarazmian dynasty |
| Cultures | Khwarezm |
| Location | Konye-Urgench, Daşoguz Province, Turkmenistan |
| History | |
| Built | 1011 AD[1] |
| Site notes | |
| Height | 60 m (200 ft) |
| Condition | Ruined |
Official name | Kunya-Urgench |
| Type | Cultural |
| Criteria | ii, iii |
| Designated | 2005 (29th session) |
| Reference no. | 1199 |
Region | Asia and Australasia |
The Kutlug Timur Minaret is part of a group of approximately 60 minarets and towers constructed between the 11th and 13th centuries across Central Asia, Iran, and Afghanistan. Notable among these is the Minaret of Jam in Afghanistan.
On the basis of its decorative brickwork, including Kufic inscriptions, the minaret is thought to be an earlier construction but was restored by Kutlug-Timur around 1330.[3]
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kutlug-Timur-Minaret with Konye Urgentch ruins in September 2011.
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edit- 1 2 "Kutlug Timur minaret". tourstoturkmenistan.com. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
- ↑ "Kunya-Urgench". UNESCO World Heritage Center. UNESCO. Retrieved 19 February 2011.
- ↑ Golombek, L. 2011. 'The Turabeg Khanom Mausoleum in Kunya Urgench: Problems of Attribution, in Muqarnas. An Annual on the Visual Cultures of the Islamic World, Volume 28, 133-156.
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