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Ak Mosque (Uzbek: Oq masjid / Оқ масжид, lit.'White Mosque') is a 19th century mosque in Khiva, Uzbekistan.[1]

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It stands in Itchan Kala, the walled old city of Khiva, which is a World Heritage Site.[2] It was built under the rule of Allah Kuli Bahadur Khan, between 1838 and 1842 on older foundations dating as early as the seventeenth century.[3] It consists of a square, domed room (6.35 x 6.35 m), surrounded on three sides by a portico (iwan). Its total size is 25.5 x 13.5 m.[1]

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