Abdal Mosque
Location: Abdal, Aghdam
Condition Assessment
Status: Minor damage
The Abdal Mosque, located in a village of the same name (Aghdam district), is not listed on the Republic of Azerbaijan's registry of heritage sites. CHW included the mosque in its dataset based on information provided by the Karabakh Center. 1 According to another source, the mosque dates to 1878-1879. 2
Comparison of Hexagon satellite imagery dated August 1980 3 with satellite imagery captured in July 2007 4 shows that the modern roofing of the mosque was removed, exposing its traditional domed roof.
Drag the swipe tool right to see the mosque in August 1980; 3 drag left to see the mosque in July 2007. 4
The mosque remained in this relatively well-preserved condition until the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh War, but it appears that between 2014 and 2019, holes appeared (or became larger) on the domed roofing, which CHW assesses as minor damage.
Drag the swipe tool right to see the mosque in July 2007; 4 drag left to see the mosque in June 2019. 5
Geolocation
Supplementary Images
The mosque building at some point prior to the 2020 Karabakh War.
References
1 Karabakh Center, Abdal Village .
2 The Islamic Monuments of the Armenian Architecture of Artsakh. RAA, Yerevan, 2010. p. 26.
3 KH-9 Hexagon, D3C1216-200431F031, August 11, 1980.
4 Google Earth/Maxar Technologies, July 5, 2007.
5 Google Earth/Maxar Technologies, June 23, 2019.
