Sharifan Mausoleum and Tomb
Location: Sharifan, Zangilan
Condition Assessment
Status: Unchanged
The Sharifan Mausoleum and Tomb, located on the right bank of the Hakari River near the village of Sharifan (Zangilan district), are listed on the Republic of Azerbaijan's registry of heritage sites (inventory No. 394 and No. 1824) as dating to the 13 th and 14 th centuries, respectively. 1
Archaeological excavations uncovered the mausoleum and tomb in 1949. 2 Several Soviet-era publications note that the mausoleum and tomb were already heavily damaged at the time of their documentation. 2,3,4 The destruction affected the dome and the northern part of the crypt. This is confirmed by available Soviet-era images of the sites (see Supplementary Images).
Our comparison of the July 1980 6 Hexagon imagery with satellite imagery captured in June 2019 7 shows that no changes have taken place in the area of the tomb and mausoleum in recent decades. Images of the tomb and mausoleum post-dating the 2020 Nagorno- Karabakh War confirm this assessment ( a , b , c , d ).
Drag the swipe tool right to see the mausoleum in July 1980; 5 drag left to see the mausoleum in June 2019. 6
Geolocation
Supplementary Images
References
2 Рзаев Ниязи, "Назначение памятника в селении Шарифан", in Материальная культура Азербайджана/Azərbaycanın maddi mədəniyyəti (Azərbaycan SSR Elmlər Akademiyası Tarix), Cild 7. Bakı: Elm, 1973. p. 335-341.
3 Salamzadə Ə. V., Məmmədzadə K. M., Arazboyu abidələr. Azərbaycan SSR Elmlər Akademiyası, Memarlıq və İncəsənət İn-tu, Tarix İn-tu, 1979, p. 50.
4 Усейнов М., Бретаницкий Л., Саламзаде А., История архитектуры Азербайджана. Акад. наук АзССР. Ин-т архитектуры и искусства. Москва: Госстройиздат, 1963, p. 103.
5 KH-9 Hexagon, D3C1216-100138A007, July 3, 1980.
6 Google Earth and Maxar Technologies, June 6, 2019.
7 Рзаев Ниязи, "Назначение памятника в селении Шарифан", in Материальная культура Азербайджана/Azərbaycanın maddi mədəniyyəti (Azərbaycan SSR Elmlər Akademiyası Tarix), Cild 7. Bakı: Elm, 1973. p. 335.
