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Sufi Atlas
Khiva · Uzbekistan

Khiva (Khwarazm)

Walled oasis city of the Khwarazm khanate, layered with madrasas, minarets and the memory of Kubrawī Sufism.

Sacred geography record

A place within a network

The Atlas treats a shrine or sacred city as more than a destination. It is a meeting place of biography, transmitted memory, architecture, pilgrimage, and the communities that have continued to interpret it.

Historical horizon

Medieval to early modern

Associated traditions