Shahbulag Mosque
Location: Shahbulag, Aghdam
Condition Assessment
Status: Unchanged
Located in the village of Shahbulag (Aghdam district), the Shahbulag Mosque is not listed on the Republic of Azerbaijan's official registry of heritage sites. CHW included this mosque in its analysis based on information from a scholarly publication on the architect Karbalayi Safikhan Karabakhi. 1 According to this source, the mosque dates to the 18 th century.
The mosque is not visible on Hexagon satellite imagery, but it does appear on modern satellite imagery captured in December 2011 2 and April 2019. 3 Due to tree cover, comparison does not allow us to fully assess the condition of the structure and its change during this period. But images pre- and post-dating the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh War (see Supplementary Images) show that the mosque is well-preserved.
Drag the swipe tool right to see the mosque in December 2011; 2 drag left to see the mosque in April 2019. 3
Geolocation
CHW geolocated the mosque using a video (at 07:16-07:40) post-dating the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh War.
Supplementary Images
The mosque building in 2015-2016
The mosque building in December 2021
References
1 Rizvan Qarabağlı, Memar Kərbəlayi Səfixan Qarabaği, Bakı: Azərbaycan, 1995.
2 Google Earth/Maxar Technologies, December 28, 2011.
3 Google Earth/Maxar Technologies, April 10, 2019.
