The minaret of Jarkurgan ( uz, Jarqoʻrgʻon minorasi / Жарқўрғон минораси) is a

minaret A minaret (; ar, منارة, translit=manāra, or ar, مِئْذَنة, translit=miʾḏana, links=no; tr, minare; fa, گل‌دسته, translit=goldaste) is a type of tower typically built into or adjacent to mosques. Minarets are generall ...

and architectural monument in the village Minor,

Jarqoʻrgʻon District Jarqoʻrgʻon is a district of Surxondaryo Region in Uzbekistan. The capital lies at the city Jarqoʻrgʻon. It has an area of and its population is 222,100 (2021 est.). The district consists of one city ( Jarqoʻrgʻon), 5 urban-type settlements ...

, southern

Uzbekistan Uzbekistan (, ; uz, Ozbekiston, italic=yes / , ; russian: Узбекистан), officially the Republic of Uzbekistan ( uz, Ozbekiston Respublikasi, italic=yes / ; russian: Республика Узбекистан), is a doubly landlocked cou ...

. It was built by

Muhammad bin Ali Al-Sarkhasi The minaret of Jarkurgan ( uz, Jarqoʻrgʻon minorasi / Жарқўрғон минораси) is a minaret and architectural monument in the village Minor, Jarqoʻrgʻon District, southern Uzbekistan. It was built by Muhammad bin Ali Al-Sarkhasi in ...

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 Termez ( uz, Termiz/Термиз; fa, ترمذ ''Termez, Tirmiz''; ar, ترمذ ''Tirmidh''; russian: Термез; Ancient Greek: ''Tàrmita'', ''Thàrmis'', ) is the capital of Surxondaryo Region in southern Uzbekistan. Administratively, it is ...

and is one of the most interesting forms of architecture, characterized by corrugated walls made of brick. 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 Kufic script () is a style of Arabic script that gained prominence early on as a preferred script for Quran transcription and architectural decoration, and it has since become a reference and an archetype for a number of other Arabic scripts. It ...

inscriptions.

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Silk Roads Sites in Uzbekistan
UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Minarets Towers in Uzbekistan Towers completed in the 12th century {{Uzbekistan-struct-stub