Mehdigulu Khan Javanshir Mausoleum
Location: Aghdam city, Aghdam
Condition Assessment
Status: Unchanged
Located in the city of Aghdam, the Mehdigulu Khan Javanshir Mausoleum appears on the list of heritage sites of the Republic of Azerbaijan (inventory No. 4029) as an architectural monument of the 19 th century. 1
KH-9 Hexagon satellite imagery does not allow us to understand the condition of the mausoleum in the 1980s due to tree cover. But a Soviet-era photograph shows that the monument was well-preserved and intact.
The mausoleum in Soviet times (in the background, marked in red) - see also here .
Comparison of satellite imagery captured in November 2004 2 and January 2021 3 indicates that during this period the overall structure and condition of the mausoleum remained unchanged. Images post-dating the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh War confirm this assessment (see Supplementary Imagery).
Drag the swipe tool right to see the mausoleum in November 2004; 2 drag left to see the mausoleum in January 2021. 3
Geolocation
CHW geolocated the mausoleum using the description of its location in an academic publication, 4 along with recent images of the mausolea of the Imarat Cemetery and its mention in a news story . 5 Geolocation also required disambiguating the monument from other mausolea in close proximity.
Supplementary Imagery
The mausoleum as of August 17, 2021.
References
2 Google Earth/Maxar Technologies, November 12, 2004.
3 Google Earth/CNES/Airbus, January 16, 2021.
4 Александрович Дж., Азимбеков И., Сысоев В. М., Евлах-Шуша: археологический очерк: отдельный оттиск из 3-го выпуска "Известий Азкомстариса". АЗКОМСТАРИС. Баку: [б. и.], 1928, p. 4.
5 Xərabətə çevrilmiş İmarət, Pənahəli xanın sevimli evi, Xan qızının dağılmış məzarı , APA TV, YouTube. March 1, 2021.
