Cemetery
Location: Shykhlar, Jabrayil
Condition Assessment
Status: Indeterminate
Located in the Shykhlar village, in the Jabrayil district, this cemetery appears on the list of heritage sites of the Republic of Azerbaijan (inventory No. 5795) as a medieval cemetery. 1
Comparison of Hexagon imagery dated July 1980 2 with satellite imagery captured in September 2002 3 shows that no major changes took place in the territory of the cemetery. There is no evidence for earth moving, construction, or other disturbance. However, given the resolution of the satellite imagery and the absence of photographic evidence, it is not possible to assess the condition of individual tombstones.
Drag the swipe tool right to see the cemetery in July 1980; 2 drag left to see the cemetery in September 2002. 3
This remained the case until the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh War.
Drag the swipe tool right to see the cemetery in September 2002; 3 drag left to see the cemetery in October 2020. 4
Geolocation
CHW located the cemetery based on a book, 5 which discusses the 14 th century mausoleum in this location in great detail and mentions 14 th -century tombstones in the cemetery around the mausoleum.
References
2 KH-9 Hexagon, D3C1216-100138A004, July 3, 1980.
3 Google Earth/Maxar Technologies, September 27, 2002.
4 Google Earth/CNES/Airbus, October 16, 2020.
5 Nemət M. S., Azərbaycanda pirlər. red. V. Quliyeva. Bakı: Elm və təhsil, 2010. p. 37-38.
