Imarat cemetery

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Imarat cemetery
Azerbaijani: İmarət qəbristanlığı
Imarat cemetery.jpg
View of the complex
Imarat cemetery is located in Azerbaijan
Imarat cemetery
Details
Established18th century
Location
Aghdam
CountryAzerbaijan
Coordinates39°59′34″N 46°56′14″E / 39.9928399°N 46.9371745°E / 39.9928399; 46.9371745Coordinates: 39°59′34″N 46°56′14″E / 39.9928399°N 46.9371745°E / 39.9928399; 46.9371745
Typecemetery
Owned byAghdam City Executive Power

The Imarat Garvand cemetery (Azerbaijani: İmarət Qərvənd qəbristanlığı), or simply as the Imarat cemetery (Azerbaijani: İmarət qəbristanlığı) is a royal cemetery and a complex located in Aghdam, Azerbaijan. It contains the graves of some of the nobility of the Karabakh Khanate, both Azerbaijani[1][2] Turkic.[3][4]

History[]

The Mausoleum of Panah Ali Khan (r. 1748–1760), the founder of the Karabakh Khanate, and the first khan of Karabakh, dates back to the 18th-19th centuries and is located in the complex. Next to the tomb there is another one which belongs to Panah Ali's son, Ibrahim Khalil Khan (r. 1759–1806). Panahali khan's tomb has an entrance gate. The entrance door has an arched structure. The tomb has a polygonal conical plan structure hosting inside the grave of the deceased. There is also a bust of Khurshidbanu Natavan in front of the tombs.[5]

Modern period[]

The Armenian forces captured Aghdam in July 1993, during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War.[6] The heavy fighting forced the entire population to flee eastwards, making Aghdam a ghost town.[7] As part of an agreement that ended the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War, the town and its surrounding district were returned to Azerbaijani control on 20 November 2020.[8][9]

In January 2021, French-Iranian Azerbaijani photojournalist Reza Deghati, during his visit to Aghdam, reported that the cemetery was destroyed and the tomb Khurshidbanu Natavan was looted and her bones missing.[10]

Notable burials[]

References[]

  1. ^ Hewsen, Robert H. (1995). Review of George A. Bournoutian, A History of Qarabagh: An Annotated Translation of Mirza Jamal Javanshir Qarabaghi's Tarikh-e Qarabagh, in Journal of the Society for Armenian Studies. p. 270. Although written in Persian, the work of Mirza Jamal Javanshir (1773/4–1853) is actually a product of Azeri historiography: its author being an Azeri noble of the Javanshir tribe, who began his lengthy career as a scribe in the service of Ebrahim, the Azeri khan of Karabakh
  2. ^ Gvosdev, Nikolas K. (2000). Imperial policies and perspectives towards Georgia, 1760–1819. Oxford: St. Martin's Press in association with St. Antony's College. ISBN 978-0-312-22990-0. Writing to his adviser Archimandrite Gaioz, Erekle informed him that he had received a communication from the new Shah ordering him to take part in a campaign against Ibrahim, the Azeri khan of Karabagh, who was also asserting his right to independence from Persia
  3. ^ Houtsma, M. Th.; Donzel, E. van (1936). "E.J. Brill's First Encyclopaedia of Islam, 1913–1936". The Encyclopaedia of Islam: A Dictionary of the Geography, Ethnography and Biography of the Muhammadan Peoples. BRILL. p. 727. ISBN 978-90-04-09790-2. This province was at that time the hereditary fief of the Turkish clan of Djewanshir (...) Its chiefs were called from father to son alternately Panah and Ibrahim Khalil
  4. ^ Bayne Fisher, William; Avery, Peter; Hambly, Gavin (1991). The Cambridge History of Iran. Cambridge University Press. p. 512. ISBN 0-521-20095-4. There were Bayat Turks at Maku, and a further branch of the Qajar in Erivan and Qarabagh, were the Javanshir Turks and the Karachrlu Kurd also lived
  5. ^ Mammadli, Nuraddin (20 November 2020). "Günəş şüaları ilə nurlanmış ağ evim..." [My white house irradiated with sunlight...]. Madaniyyat (in Azerbaijani). Archived from the original on 27 January 2021. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
  6. ^ "Caucasus City Falls to Armenian Forces". The New York Times. 24 August 1993. Archived from the original on 21 November 2020. Retrieved 27 January 2021. In July, Armenian forces forced out the defenders of Agdam, Azerbaijan.
  7. ^ Novikova, Gayane (2004). The Nagorno Karabakh Conflict: In Search of the Way Out: To the Question of the Readiness of Azerbaijani and Armenian Societies to a Compromise Resolution of the Conflict. Amrots Group. p. 138. ISBN 978-9994131273.
  8. ^ "Azerbaijanis celebrate Karabakh deal". Anadolu Agency. 10 November 2020. Archived from the original on 15 November 2020. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
  9. ^ "Azerbaijan Army Enters Agdam As Armenians Flee". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. Archived from the original on 25 November 2020. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
  10. ^ a b "Dünyaca məşhur fotoqraf ermənilərin Natəvanın Ağdamdakı qəbrini təhqir etməsindən yazdı – Foto" [World-famous photographer writes about Armenians insulting Natava's grave in Agdam – Photo]. Oxu.az (in Azerbaijani). 26 January 2021. Archived from the original on 27 January 2021. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
  11. ^ a b Tofigli, Vugar (17 April 2012). "Ağdamın "İmarət"li günləri..." ["Imarat" days of Aghdam...]. 525-ji gazet (in Azerbaijani). p. 2. Archived from the original on 27 January 2021. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
  12. ^ Tofigli, Vugar (3 July 2014). "Dağlıq Qarabağ işğaldan əvvəl – FOTOREPORTAJ (I Hissə)" [Nagorno-Karabakh before the occupation - PHOTO (Part I)]. Oxu.az (in Azerbaijani). Archived from the original on 27 January 2021. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
  13. ^ Gafarova, Sakina (25 December 2018). "Cəfərqulu xan Nəva" [Jafargulu Khan Nava]. ENS.az (in Azerbaijani). Archived from the original on 27 January 2021. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
  14. ^ Chingizoglu, Anvar (2015). Cavanşir eli: Sarıcalılar (in Azerbaijani). Baku: Mutarjim. p. 352.
  15. ^ Khalilzadeh, Flora (13 April 2015). "Tək inci kimi parlayan Xan qızı" [Khan's daughter shining like a single pearl]. Kaspiy (in Azerbaijani). Archived from the original on 27 January 2021. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
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