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Khudaibergen (Divanov), Views and people of Khiva

2022.R.22

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Series I. Khudaibergen Divanov, Views and people of Khiva, 1910-1924

Arrangement

Arranged according to the dealer's inventory.

Box 1

2022.R.22-1 [Alta Darvaza Gate], between 1910 and 1924

Scope and Content Note

Depicts Khivan men seated before the main gate to Ichan Kala, the inner city of Khiva.

Box 1

2022.R.22-2 View of Khiva 1st Fortress, between 1910 and 1924

Scope and Content Note

Rooftop view across the city.

Box 1

2022.R.22-3 The Main Prayer Mosque in Khiva, between 1910 and 1924

Scope and Content Note

View of the minaret of the Juma or Friday Mosque from the surrounding streets with the Islam-Khodja minaret (built 1910) in the background.

Box 1

2022.R.22-4 Cemetery of the Holy Uzbek in the Center of Khiva, Kalvon-Ata, between 1910 and 1924

Scope and Content Note

View of the mosque of the Pahlavan Mahmud from behind looking towards the Khodja minaret and complex. Uzbek caption inked on the photograph in the sky area.

Box 1

2022.R.22-5 A Well Called Khivan [Existed] before the Construction of Khiva on [this] Spot, between 1910 and 1924

Scope and Content Note

Depicts a Khivan elder standing next to a well. According to folk legends the city of Khiva was built around a well that was dug with the help of Noah's son Shem. Preserved to this day, it can be seen in the Itcha-Kala, the inner walled part of the city. Uzbek caption in the negative.

Box 1

2022.R.22-6 Khivans Hunt with the Help of Hawks and Greyhounds, between 1910 and 1924

Scope and Content Note

Depicts a Khivan noble on horseback with two hawks on his right hand. A dog sits next to the horse and a retainer lies at his feet. Uzbek caption in the negative.

Box 1

2022.R.22-7 [Portrait of Two Wrestlers], between 1910 and 1924

Scope and Content Note

Depicts two practitioners of kurash or belt-wrestling, one of the most popular national sports of Uzbekistan, standing with their hands on each other's shoulders.

Box 1

2022.R.22-8 Uzbek Women. One Closed, One Open, between 1910 and 1919

Scope and Content Note

Studio portrait of two women in front of a painted backdrop depicting a well-appointed room. A seated woman wearing headgear, but with her face unncovered, wears a quilted silk robe, while the woman standing behind her is enveloped in a paranja with chachvan and a horsehair veil. Veils were banned under Soviet rule, which dates this photograph to before 1920.

Box 1

2022.R.22-9 Circus Acrobat in Khiva, between 1910 and 1924

Scope and Content Note

Annotation continues: 15 sazhen fathoms high. The Uzbek caption in the negative refers in part to Navruz, the Uzbek New Year celebrations.

The photograph depicts a dorbozlik or rope-walking act taking place on a show ground outside the walls of the city. The ropewalker ascends the rope leading to the top of a tall pole, balance stave in hand,

Box 1

2022.R.22-10 Novy Urgench, between 1910 and 1924

Scope and Content Note

Depicts a large gathering of Uzbek arba or bullock carts outside the city of Urgench, a major trade center of the Khivan Khanate about 35 kilometers from Khiva.

Box 1

2022.R.22-11 Pumping Water for Crops, between 1910 and 1924

Scope and Content Note

Depicts a horse-driven waterwheel with ceramic pots pumping water into an irrigation ditch.

Box 1

2022.R.22-12 Cogs on the Shavat River in Tashauz, between 1910 and 1924

Scope and Content Note

View of small merchant boats moored by the towpath on the Shavat Canal in Daşoguz.

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2022.R.22-13 Uzbek Women Make Cotton Threads, between 1910 and 1924

Scope and Content Note

Portrait of two women sitting against a wall with a spinning wheel and distaff.

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2022.R.22-14 Ram Fights in Khiva, between 1910 and 1924

Scope and Content Note

Shows handlers and rams in an arena ringed by crowds of spectators.

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2022.R.22-15 Grains of the Dzhugara Plant in Khiva, between 1910 and 1924

Scope and Content Note

Depicts an agricultural worker holding a flowering head of sorghum alongside a field of head-high plants.

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2022.R.22-16 1st Meeting... during the Khiva Khan for Power, 1920

Scope and Content Note

Depicts what is most the likely First All-Khorezm Kurultai Assembly of People's Representatives, held on 30 April 1920, which proclaimed the end of the Khivan Khanate and the formation of the Khorezm People's Soviet Republic. Representatives are seated on rugs under a pavilion. A couple of Russian soldiers stand in the background. Uzbek caption in the negative.

Box 1

2022.R.22-17 Gate with Assembled Officials, between 1920 and 1924

Scope and Content Note

A group of Russian officials stand in front of the Kosha Darvaza, the main entrance to Dishan Kala or the outer town of Khiva. A banner in Russian over the gate on the left reads: National demarcation will help us to organize the multi-million masses of the oppressed East to fight world imperialism. Yes to National Demarcation! A banner in Arabic hangs over the gate on the right. An Uzbek caption in the negative appears beneath the banner.

Box 1

2022.R.22-18 Kunha-Ark, the Palace of the Penultimate Khiva Khan, Currently a Military School, between 1920 and 1924

Scope and Content Note

Depicts the gateway to the citadel. Painted in Russian and Arabic on the tympanum over the portal: Revolutionary Military Council, Military Nazirat leader. Uzbek caption in the negative.

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