Madrasa or Madrasah or Madrassa and minaret of Islam Khodja (left), Soviet School (right), by Unknown Artist, 1908 - 1910, 19th Century. Uzbekistan, Khorezm, Khiva, Khiva. View the madrasa madrasah madrassa and minaret of Islam Khodja, left, the Soviet school, right. The small madrasa madrasah madrassa of Islam Khodja stands out for the double loggia of the facade, with the classic typical pishtaq and the thin slender corner towers, a graceful reference to the Timurian tradition. The minaret, decorated with the classic typical horizontal ceramic bands, is 9 meters wide and about 45 meters high. The Soviet school of the city faces the minaret. 2009 photograph.