Mosque
Location: Mughanly, Qubadli
Condition Assessment
Status: Major damage
According to the Republic of Azerbaijan's registry of heritage sites, this 19 th century mosque (inventory No. 4716) is located in Mahruzlu village. 1 Karabakh Center published an image of a mosque that it asserts is located in the village of Mahruzlu, however CHW determined that the building shown in the Karabakh Center's image is in fact located in the neighboring village of Mughanly. There appears to be confusion either regarding the naming of the village where the mosque is located, or regarding the mosque building per se. Notably, an encyclopedia of the toponyms of the Qubadli district notes that "Karbalai Mirali and Karbalai Samad from Mahruzlu village, after visiting Karbala, they build a mosque in the village of Mughanly.... It was used as a warehouse during Soviet rule. It was restored by the community in the 1970s." 2 This account confirms that the mosque was located in Mughanly rather than Mahruzlu.
Comparison of Hexagon satellite imagery dated July 1980 3 with satellite imagery captured in September 2002 4 shows that the mosque's roof was removed between these dates.
Drag the swipe tool right to see the mosque in July 1980; 3 drag left to see the mosque in September 2002. 4
Between September 2002 and the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh War, some of the walls of the mosque were also destroyed.
Drag the swipe tool right to see the mosque in September 2002; 4 drag left to see the mosque in October 2020. 5
Geolocation
CHW geolocated the mosque using an image disseminated by the Karabakh Center . The building can also be seen in a video of the Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan from the village of Mughanly.
References
2 Salmanov Çingiz İsa oğlu, Qubadlının yer-yurd adları. elmi red. E. Talıblı; red. S. Ç. Məmmədova. Sumqayıt, 2015, p. 190.
3 KH-9 Hexagon, D3C1216-100138A006, July 3, 1980.
4 Google Earth/Maxar Technologies, September 27, 2002.
5 Google Earth/Maxar Technologies, October 29, 2020.
