Kutlug Timur Minaret

Kutlug Timur Minaret
Kutlug Timur Minaret as seen on May 2006
Shown within Turkmenistan
Location Konye-Urgench,Daşoguz Province, Turkmenistan
Coordinates 42°20′N 59°09′E / 42.333°N 59.150°E / 42.333; 59.150Coordinates: 42°20′N 59°09′E / 42.333°N 59.150°E / 42.333; 59.150
Type Monument
Height 60 m (197ft)
History
Founded 1011 AD[1]
Periods Khwarazmian dynasty
Cultures Khwarezm
Site notes
Condition Ruined
Official name Kunya-Urgench
Type Cultural
Criteria ii, iii
Designated 2005 (29th session)
Reference no. 1199
State Party Turkmenistan
Region Asia and Australasia

Kutlug Timur minaret is a minaret in Konye-Urgench in north Turkmenistan, Central Asia. It was built in 1011 during the reign of the Golden Horde. The height of the minaret is 60 meters with a diametre of 12 metres at the base and 2 metres at the top.[1] In 2005, the ruins of Old Urgench where the minaret is located were inscribed on the UNESCO List of World Heritage Sites.[2]

The Kutlug Timur minaret belongs to a group of around 60 minarets and towers built between the 11th and the 13th centuries in Central Asia, Iran and Afghanistan including the Minaret of Jam, Afghanistan.

On the basis of its decorative brickwork, including Kufic inscriptions, the minaret is thought to be an earlier construction but restored by Kutlug-Timur around 1330.[3]


See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Kutlug Timur minaret". tourstoturkmenistan.com. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  2. ↑ "Kunya-Urgench". UNESCO World Heritage Center. UNESCO. Retrieved 19 February 2011.
  3. ↑ 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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