Kutlug Timur Minaret

The Kutlug Timur Minaret is located in Konye-Urgench, Turkmenistan, in North Central Asia. During the Khwarazmian dynasty, it was built in 1011. The minaret is 60 meters tall, with a base diameter of 12 meters and a top diameter of 2 meters. The UNESCO List of World Heritage Sites registered the ruins of Old Urgench, where the minaret is located, in 2005.

The Kutlug Timur minaret is one of roughly 60 minarets and towers built in Central Asia, Iran, and Afghanistan between the 11th and 13th centuries, including the Minaret of Jam in Afghanistan.

The minaret is assumed to be an older structure that was renovated by Kutlug-Timur in 1330, based on its ornamental brickwork, which includes Kufic inscriptions.

Location: Konye-Urgench, Daşoguz Province, Turkmenistan