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'''The minaret of Jarkurgan''' ({{lang-uz|Jarqoʻrgʻon minorasi / Жарқўрғон минораси}}) is a [[minaret]] and architectural monument in the village Minor, [[Jarqoʻrgʻon District]], southern [[Uzbekistan]].<ref name=ome>{{cite encyclopedia|url=https://n.ziyouz.com/books/uzbekiston_milliy_ensiklopediyasi/O'zbekiston%20Milliy%20Ensiklopediyasi%20-%20J%20harfi.pdf|title=Жарқўрғон минораси|trans-title=Jarqoʻrgʻon minaret|encyclopedia=[[National Encyclopedia of Uzbekistan]]|pages=97–98|language=uz|year=2000–2005|location=Tashkent}}</ref> It was built by [[Muhammad bin Ali Al-Sarkhasi]] in 1108-1109 AD, its current height is 21.6 meters and its diameter is 5.4 meters, its original height was 40 meters. It is located in a small village near [[Termez]] and is one of the most interesting forms of architecture, characterized by corrugated walls made of brick.<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Ibbotson|first1=Sophie|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xuehDAAAQBAJ&q=%22Jarkurgan+minaret%22+-wikipedia&pg=PA192|title=Uzbekistan|last2=Lovell-Hoare|first2=Max|date=2016-08-15|publisher=Bradt Travel Guides|isbn=978-1-78477-017-4|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Jarkurgan Minaret - Samarkand Tour|url=http://www.samarkandtour.com/en/attractions/istoricheskie_i_arhitekturnyie_pamyatniki_termeza/dzharkurganskiy_minaret.html|access-date=2020-08-04|website=www.samarkandtour.com}}</ref> Next to it was a mosque, which has not been preserved. At a height of 20 m, there are brick arches, on which there are [[Kufic]] inscriptions.<ref name=ome/>

== References ==
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==External links==
*[https://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5500/ Silk Roads Sites in Uzbekistan], UNESCO World Heritage Centre.

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[[Category:Minarets]]
[[Category:Towers in Uzbekistan]]
[[Category:Towers completed in the 12th century]]

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Ajay Kumar at 16:09, 28 August 2023