Khiva

خيوة

A city in Khwarazm in present-day Uzbekistan; it was the capital of the Khanate of Khiva.

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Khiva is a town in Khwarazm in present-day Uzbekistan, and it was the capital of the Khanate of Khiva. 1 What is said here about its history needs an additional source.

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  1. GeoNames gazetteer
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islam.museum contributors. “Khiva”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/khiva/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-16.

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