Dishan-Kala

Introduction About Dishan-Kala

Dishan-Kala is the name of the historical external city of Khiva. In Khiva, there was a traditional division of the city into two separate parts: the inner city - Ichan-Kala and the external city - Dishan-Kala in Khiva. Allakuli Khan erected an external defensive rampart in 1842 to protect him from raids by the Yomuds (one of the Turkmen tribes).

According to the poet and translator Agahi , Allakuli- khan built the walls of Dishan-Kala in 3 years, forcing all his subordinates to work 12 days a year for free. More than 200 thousand people took part in the construction of the wall. You can visit the place while in Uzbekistan Tours.

History Of Dishan-Kala:

Studies show that the walls were built of more clays and the clay was mined two kilometers north of the city, in an area called Govuk-kul; Now there is a big lake and today, as before, local clay of excellent quality is used by modern potters. Legend has it that when the Prophet Muhammad built Medina , clay was used from these places, and the lake, which appeared later, is considered to be holy.

The northern gate of Dishan-Kala on the road to Urgench , built at the beginning of the 20th century. The facade has three cylindrical towers, with two arched passages between them and a traditional gallery with serrated railings. Service rooms are located on both sides of the driveways. This is one of the tourist attractions in Khiva.

Dishan-kala hospital, Khiva:

At the beginning of the twentieth century a hospital was built in Dishan-kala. Its construction was evidence of the new care for the people's health taken by the Khiva Khan. Whereas previously, the people saw only ta-bibs, here professional doctors treated the sick as per Uzbekistan travel advice.

Dishan-Kala Architecture And Design:

The defensive protective barriers of the outer and inner circles were made of brick, dried in the sun. The upper part of the walls there were serrated railings with narrow embrasures for firing at the enemy during a siege. In the system of defensive fortifications there were ditches filled with water. All of the gates were closed at night.

They believed in more impressive the gates look, the greater the honor, which gives more recognition of the city, buildings and their author. Hence, gates have been and remain an important part of urban design. The gates were decorated with beautiful, multi-colored tiles and verses from the Koran. Sometimes texts were written on the gate, for example, praise to the khan, or fragments from poems.  This is one of the important places to visit in Khiva.

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The Dishan Kala attracts more visitors to know and learn about the ancient architecture and how the kings protected their kingdom with these gates.

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