Ahmadalilar Mausoleum

Ahmadalilar Mausoleum
Arğalı türbəsi
Location Fuzuli Rayon, Azerbaijan
Type Mausoleum
Completion date 13th century

Ahmadalilar Mausoleum (Azerbaijani: Arğalı türbəsi) is a mausoleum in the Əhmədalılar village of Fuzuli Rayon, Azerbaijan. It was built in the 13th century.[1]

Architecture

The mausoleum is octahedral and covered with a cloistered vault.[2] It is identical to Sheykh Babi Yagub Mausoleum located not far away.[1] It is a part of a group of octahedral mausoleums including Shaykh Babi Yagub Mausoleum in Fuzuli Rayon, Seyid Yahya Bakuvi Mausoleum in Baku, a mausoleum in Hazra village of Qusar Rayon and others.[3]

Its internal area is divided into a burial vault and a spacious upper cell. There are two portals, decorated with geometrical ornaments. There is no ciborium in the upper cell.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 Борис Владимирович Иогансон. (1962). Искусство стран и народов мира: краткая художественная енциклопедия : архитектура, живопись, скульптура, графика, декоративное искусство. 1. Советская энциклопедия. p. 52.
  2. 1 2 Леонид Семенович Бретаницкий. (1966). Зодчество Азербайджана XII-XV вв. и его место в архитектуре Переднего Востока. Наука, Главная редакция восточной литературы. p. 556.
  3. ↑ Микаэль Алескерович Усейнов. (1963). История архитектуры Азербайджана. Государственное издательство литературы по строительству, архитектуре и строительным материалам. p. 101.

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