Dashkasan Mosque
Location: Dashkasan, Jabrayil
Condition Assessment
Status: Major damage
Located in the village of Dashkasan (Jabrayil district), this mosque is included on the list of heritage sites of the Republic of Azerbaijan (inventory No. 4172), but a date is not provided. 1 The Ministry of Culture indicates a 19th century date, but one of the two inscriptions on either side of the entrance provides more specific information, indicating that the mosque was built in 1323 Hijri (1905 AD). 2
Comparison of Hexagon imagery dated July 1980 3 with satellite imagery captured in November 2003 4 shows that the mosque sustained major damage when its roof was removed. The structural condition of the mosque remained in this condition until the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh War.
Drag the swipe tool right to see the mosque in July 1980; 3 drag left to see the mosque in November 2003. 4
Geolocation
CHW geolocated the mosque using a video post-dating the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh War in which a former resident of the village shows the mosque.
References
2 Azərbaycan Respublikasının Mədəniyyət Nazirliyi, Daşkəsən kənd məscidi .
3 KH-9 Hexagon, D3C1216-100138A004, July 3, 1980.
4 Google Earth/Maxar Technologies, November 11, 2003.
