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Description
Property Name: Aghdam Friday Mosque
Inventory No: 994-192-3
Date of infill of the inventory form: 2009-03-20
Country (State party): Azerbaijan
Province: Agdam
Town:
Geographic coordinates: 39° 59′ 35.92″ N
46° 55′ 54.22″ E
Historic Period: 19th century, 2nd half
Year of Construction: 1870
Style:
Original Use: Mosque
Current Use:
Architect: Architect Kerbalayi Sefi Khan
Significance
When Aghdam became an important trade center in the 19th century, a Friday mosque was erected by the leading architect of the period, Kerbalayi Sefi Khan. The mosque has a traditional four columned square plan and is adorned with two beautiful minarets.
Selection Criteria
iii. to bear a unique or at least exceptional testimony to a cultural tradition or to a civilization which is living or which has disappeared
v. to be an outstanding example of a traditional human settlement, land-use, or sea-use which is representative of a culture (or cultures), or human interaction with the environment especially when it has become vulnerable under the impact of irreversible change
vi. to be directly or tangibly associated with events or living traditions, with ideas, or with beliefs, with artistic and literary works of outstanding universal significance
State of Preservation
The mosque has been damaged, its exterior roof covering is missing and the stone claddings on the exterior façade are damaged, which was occupied by armed forces of Armenia in 1993, had been utilized as a stall for animals. Currently, the Aghdam Juma mosque has been transformed by the Armenian side into military headquarter.
References
Garabakh, The Eternal Memory of Azerbaijan Heritage, Azerbaijan Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Baku, 2008
Azerbaijan Ministry of Culture and Tourism Website: http://mct.gov.az