Khachin-Darbatli Mausoleum

Khachin-Darbatli Mausoleum
Xaçındərbətli türbəsi
Խաչեն-Դորբատլիի դամբարանի
The mausoleum in 2022
Map
LocationAgdam District, Azerbaijan
DesignerVardapet Shahik
TypeMausoleum
Completion date1314
Dedicated toQutlu ibn Musâ

Khachin-Darbatli Mausoleum (Azerbaijani: Xaçındərbətli türbəsi) or Khachen-Dorbatli Mausoleum (Armenian: Խաչեն-Դորբատլիի դամբարանի) is a tomb-mausoleum of Qutlu Khwâdjah (ibn Musâ) located close to the Khachindorbatli village of the Aghdam District of Azerbaijan. It was built by the medieval Armenian architect Vardapet Shahik in 1314.[1][2] The mausoleum is located 23 km to the north of Aghdam and is on the list of heritage sites of the Republic of Azerbaijan as a 14th-century memorial monument of Karabakh.[3]

The mausoleum, as well as the Agdam district, where the mausoleum is located, was under the occupation of the unrecognized Nagorno-Karabakh Republic since the First Nagorno-Karabakh war until 2020, when the district was returned to Azerbaijan per the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh ceasefire agreement. In 2023, an investigation by the Caucasus Heritage Watch of Cornell University found that during Armenian control of the area, the mausoleum remained well-preserved.[3]

  1. ^ Donabédian & Porter 2017, pp. 837–838.
  2. ^ Kortoshian 2020, p. 36-40.
  3. ^ a b Khatchadourian et al. 2023, pp. 48–51.