Ughurlu Bey Mausoleum
Location: Ahmadavar, Aghdam
Condition Assessment
Status: Destroyed
Located in the Garaaghach cemetery in the village of Ahmadavar (Adghdam district), the Ughurlu Bey Mausoleum appears on the Republic of Azerbaijan's list of heritage sites (inventory No. 4058) as built during the 19 th century. 1
Comparison of Hexagon imagery dated August 1980 2 with satellite imagery captured in February 2004 3 shows that the overall condition of the mausoleum did not change during this period.
Drag the swipe tool right to see the mausoleum in August 1980; 2 drag left to see the mausoleum in February 2004. 3
The mausoleum was razed to ground at some point between December 28, 2011 4 and June 14, 2014. 5
Geolocation
CHW found an image of the mausoleum in two academic publications 6,7 and identified the same structure in a video , which we used to geolocate the mausoleum. The mausoleum is also marked on a 1:50K scale map of 1981. 8
Supplementary Imagery
References
2 KH-9 Hexagon, D3C1216-200431F030, August 11, 1980.
3 Google Earth and Maxar Technologies, February 8, 2014.
4 Google Earth and Maxar Technologies, December 28, 2011.
5 Google Earth and Maxar Technologies, June 14, 2014.
6 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. 14.
7 Усейнов М., Бретаницкий Л., Саламзаде А., История архитектуры Азербайджана. Акад. наук АзССР. Ин-т архитектуры и искусства. Москва: Госстройиздат, 1963, p. 313.
8 1:50K scale map of the Soviet General Staff (Sheet K-38-10-B, 1981).
