Khiva city-museum in the open

Anushakhan Sauna

Anushakhan is located next to the eastern gate, it was built in 1657 by Abdulghazi Khan in honor of his son Anushakhan who saved his father’s life during an unexpected attack of Bukhara warriors near Kermin. The Sauna is a semi-basement structure covered with a large number of domes. There was a barber’s shop at the Sauna, too. The Sauna belonged to the Khan, it was granted vaquf land. Entry to the Sauna was prohibited for women, children, those professing another religion and people with skin diseases. Dimensions are 27x15 m.

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    Palvan-Darvaza (1804-1806)
    

The eastern gate of Ichan-Kala also used as trade stalls. The gate looks like "dash kucha" (a stone corridor). The structure is stretched from west to east, the facades are shaped as arch portals, with six domes blocking the passageway and side arches accommodating trading stalls, two on each side. At the entrance, from the side of Ichan-Kala, there is an inscription reading "Shakhri Khiva" (Khiva city), where letters stand for figures giving the construction date as 1221, i.e. 1806 AD. This is the oldest part of the building, which is connected with Anushakhan's bath-house and blocked with two small domes. The gate was finished by Allakulykhan in 1835. To the right of the gate at the exit from Ichan-Kala there used to be a slave market until 1873 and niches inside the gate were where fugitive and rebellious slaves were awaiting their lot. To the right of the gate at the exit from Ichan-Kala there used to be a slave market down to1873 and niches inside the gate were where fugitive and rebellious slaves were awaiting their lot. There were also usages to read the Khan's farmans (decrees) and punished criminals at front at this gate. Hence the name for the gate, which, among ordinary people, were known as Pashshab darvaza (the Executioners' Gate), Kul darvaza (the Slaves Gate). Size: on the plan - 51.76 x 17.5 meters; big domes 5.2 m. in diameter; two smaller domes - 4.5 m.; stalls - 2.8 x 4.4 m.

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