Chukhur Mahalla Mosque

Chukhur Mahalla Mosque
Azerbaijani: Çuхur Məhəllə Məscidi
Persian: مسجد چوخور محله
Ruins of the former mosque in 2021
Chukhur Mahalla Mosque is located in Azerbaijan
Chukhur Mahalla Mosque
Location of the former mosque in Azerbaijan
Religion
AffiliationShia Islam (former)
Mosque (former)
StatusAbandoned
(ruinous state)
Location
LocationShusha, Karabakh
CountryAzerbaijan
Coordinates39°45′39″N 46°45′25″E / 39.7608°N 46.7569°E / 39.7608; 46.7569
Architecture
TypeMosque architecture
StyleIslamic
Completed18th century
MinaretTwo (since destroyed)

The Chukhur Mahalla Mosque (Azerbaijani: Çuхur məhəllə məscidi, Persian: مسجد چوخور محله; also known as Azerbaijani: Shefa Ojagi, Persian: استراحتگاه سلامت, lit. 'Place of Cure'),[1] was a former Shia Islam mosque, now in ruins, located in Shusha, in the Karabakh district of Azerbaijan.

Shusha was under occupation of Armenian forces since the capture of the city on May 8, 1992, until its recapture by Azerbaijan on 8 November 2020, during the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war.[2]

The mosque was located in the eastern part of Shusha, on N.B. Vazirov Street in the Chukhur Mahalla neighborhood,[3][4] one of nine lower neighborhoods of Shusha.[5] The Chukhur Mahalla Mosque was one of seventeen mosques in Shusha at the end of the 19th century.[6] The mosque had two minarets.[1]

Shusha was founded in the 1750s, and Chukur neighborhood was populated even before the construction of the walls of Shusha castle was completed.[7]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Краткая история" (in Azerbaijani). Archived from the original on September 4, 2011. Retrieved August 19, 2010.
  2. ↑ "Shusha State Historical & Architectural Reserve". Archived from the original on October 4, 2010. Retrieved August 19, 2010.
  3. ↑ "Шуша – боль моя" (in Azerbaijani). Archived from the original on September 28, 2022. Retrieved August 19, 2010.
  4. ↑ "Chukhur Mahalla mosque". Ministry of Tourism. Retrieved August 19, 2010.
  5. ↑ "Şuşanın məhəllələri" (in Azerbaijani). Retrieved August 19, 2010.
  6. ↑ "Şuşanın tarixi" (in Azerbaijani). Retrieved August 19, 2010.
  7. ↑ "Город муз и ремесел: История Шуши с XVIII века до XX века" (in Azerbaijani). Retrieved August 19, 2010.

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