Konya Ark is entered via a massive gate flanked by two towers decorated with eye-catching blue tiles.

The courtyard is completed by an Iwan decorated with blue and white majolica and supported by two wooden columns on stone bases.

Nearby is the mint, built in the reign of Khan Muhammad Rahim I (1806-1825), who carried out tax reforms and created customs offices.

The walls, the mihrab, the minbar and the side turrets are lined with majolica, with complicated plant patterns.

At the foot of Ak Sheikh Bobo are the living quarters of the Khans of Khiva and the rooms of the Harem.