Chukhur Mahalla Mosque
Also known as: Chukhur Mahalla Mosque
mosque in Shusha, Azerbaijan
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Overview
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Chukhur Mahalla Mosque is a former Shia mosque in the eastern part of Shusha, in the Karabakh region of Azerbaijan. It stands in the Chukhur Mahalla quarter, one of the nine lower quarters of the town, and is also known as Shifa Ojagi, meaning "place of healing". At the end of the nineteenth century it was one of seventeen mosques in Shusha and had two minarets. Today the building lies in ruins. It is counted among the notable monuments of the Shusha State Historical and Architectural Reserve.
History
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Shusha was founded in the 1750s, and the Chukhur quarter was already inhabited before the town's fortress walls were completed. The nearby Chukhur fortress supplied the quarter with mineral water. By the end of the nineteenth century the mosque was one of seventeen in the town.
Shusha was under Armenian control from 8 May 1992 until Azerbaijan retook it on 8 November 2020 during the Second Karabakh War. The mosque survives as a ruin.
From Wikipedia
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'), 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.
The mosque was located in the eastern part of Shusha, on N.B. Vazirov Street in the Chukhur Mahalla neighborhood, one of nine lower neighborhoods of Shusha. The Chukhur Mahalla Mosque was one of seventeen mosques in Shusha at the end of the 19th century. The mosque had two minarets.
Shusha was founded in the 1750s, and Chukur neighborhood was populated even before the construction of the walls of Shusha castle was completed.
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Wikipedia (ar): https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%AC%D8%AF_%D8%AA%D8%B4%D9%88%D8%AE%D9%88%D8%B1_%D9%85%D8%AD%D9%84%D8%A9
Wikipedia (de): https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%87uxur-M%C9%99h%C9%99ll%C9%99-Moschee
Wikipedia (en): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chukhur_Mahalla_Mosque
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