Khubyarly Mausoleum (Octagonal Mausoleum)
Location: Khubyarly, Jabrayil
Condition Assessment
Status: Unchanged
The Octagonal Mausoleum, located in the village of Khubyarly (Jabrayil district), is listed on the Republic of Azerbaijan's registry of heritage sites (inventory No. 4165) as a 17 th century monument. 1 Scholars have noted that aspects of its form appear to have been inspired by mausolea of the 13-14 th centuries. 2
Comparison of KH-9 Hexagon imagery dated July 1980 3 with satellite imagery captured in June 2019 4 shows that the overall structure and shape of the mausoleum has not changed in recent decades.
Drag the swipe tool right to see the mausoleum in July 1980; 3 drag left to see the mausoleum in June 2019. 4
Geolocation
CHW geolocated the mausoleum through its visual identification on historical and modern satellite imagery and available Soviet period images (see Supplementary Imagery).
Supplementary Imagery
The mausoleum and its plan.
References
2 Усейнов М., Бретаницкий Л., Саламзаде А., История архитектуры Азербайджана. Акад. наук АзССР. Ин-т архитектуры и искусства. Москва: Госстройиздат, 1963, p. 278․
3 KH-9 Hexagon, D3C1216-100138A005, July 3, 1980.
4 Google Earth and Maxar Technologies, June 23, 2019.
