Panah Ali Khan Mausoleum
Location: Aghdam city, Aghdam
Condition Assessment
Status: Major damage
Panah Ali Khan Mausoleum, located in the city of Aghdam, is on the Republic of Azerbaijan's list of heritage sites (inventory No. 4027) as an architectural monument of the 19 th century. 1 Other scholarly publications describe it as an 18 th century mausoleum. 2,3
Due to excessive tree cover, the Hexagon satellite imagery does not allow us to assess the condition of the mausoleum in the 1980s. But available Soviet-era images show that the mausoleum was intact.
The mausoleum in Soviet times (in the background-center).
The mausoleum in Soviet times (in the background-center).
Satellite imagery captured in November 12, 2004, 4 shows that the mausoleum sustained major damage at some point prior to that date, and it remained in the same condition until the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh War. 5 Most of the dome of the mausoleum as well as the upper parts of the walls have been destroyed (see Supplementary Imagery).
Drag the swipe tool right to see the mausoleum in November 2004; 4 drag left to see the mausoleum in January 2021. 5
Geolocation
CHW geolocated the mausoleum by comparing the images, sketches, and locational description in academic publications 2,3,6,7 with recent images of the mausoleum in the Imarat Cemetery. Geolocation also required disambiguation, given that there are other mausolea in close proximity.
Supplementary Imagery
The mausoleum as of August 17, 2021.
The mausoleum as of August 17, 2021.
References
2 Усейнов М., Бретаницкий Л., Саламзаде А., История архитектуры Азербайджана. Акад. наук АзССР. Ин-т архитектуры и искусства. Москва: Госстройиздат, 1963, p. 313.
3 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.
4 Google Earth/Maxar Technologies, November 12, 2004.
5 Google Earth/CNES/Airbus, January 16, 2021.
6 Əmənzadə Rayihə, Azərbaycan memarlığı XV-XIX əsrin əvvəllərində. III cild. Bakı: Şərq-Qərb, 2013, p. 200.
7 Саламзаде А. В., Архитектура Азербайджана XVI-XIX вв. ред. М. А. Усейнов. АН Азерб. ССР, Ин-т Архитектуры и Искусства. Баку: изд. АН Азерб.ССР, 1964, p. 62.
