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Originally appearing in Volume V15, Page 778 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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KHIVA  , See also:

capital of the khanate of Khiva, in Western See also:Asia, 25 M . W. of the Amu-darya and 240 M . W.N.W. of See also:Bokhara . Pop. about ro,000 . It is surrounded by a See also:low earthen See also:wall, and has a citadel, the See also:residence of the See also:khan and the higher officials . There are a See also:score of mosques, of which the one containing the See also:tomb of Polvan, the See also:patron See also:saint of Khiva, is the best, and four large madrasas (See also:Mahommedan colleges) . Large gardens exist in the western See also:part of the See also:town . A small See also:Russian See also:quarter has grown up . The inhabitants make carpets, silks and cottons .

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