Melik Ajdar Mausoleum

Melik Ajdar Mausoleum
Məlik Əjdər türbəsi
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39°30′43″N 46°30′59″E / 39.51194°N 46.51639°E / 39.51194; 46.51639
LocationJijimli, Lachin District, Azerbaijan
TypeMausoleum
Completion date11th to 14th cc.
Dedicated toMelik Ajdar

Melik Ajdar Mausoleum or Jijimli Mausoleum is a mausoleum located in the high mountainous terrain of the Jijimli village of the Lachin District of Azerbaijan.[1][2] Some sources date the construction of the mausoleum to the fourteenth century,[3] whereas others suggest an earlier period, namely the eleventh to twelfth centuries.[4]

  1. ^ "Melik Ajdar Mausoleum". mct.gov.az. October 2, 2020. Archived from the original on November 10, 2020. Retrieved February 4, 2022.
  2. ^ Laman Ismayilova (October 20, 2020). "Azerbaijani monuments in Armenian occupation". azernews.az. Archived from the original on January 29, 2021. Retrieved February 4, 2022.
  3. ^ Ализаде, Г. М. (1963). Народное зодчество Азербайджана и его прогрессивные традиции. Baku: Изд-во Академии наук Азербайджанской ССР. p. 137.
  4. ^ Мамедов, Ф. Г. (1976). "Мемориальный комплекс в селении Джиджимли" (PDF). Soviet Ethnography (5): 46.