Vagif Mausoleum

Vagif Mausoleum (Azerbaijani: Vaqif türbəsi or Vaqif məqbərəsi) is a mausoleum located in Shusha, Azerbaijan. It was built in honor of Molla Panah Vagif, a poet, prominent statesman, diplomat and vizier – the foreign minister of the Karabakh Khanate.

Vagif Mausoleum
Vaqif türbəsi
Stamp depicting the Vagif Mausoleum in Shusha before the First Nagorno-Karabakh War
General information
LocationShusha, Azerbaijan
Coordinates39.755417°N 46.758333°E / 39.755417; 46.758333
Construction started1970s
Completed1982
Demolishedpartial (1992)
Height18 meters
Technical details
Floor count1
Design and construction
ArchitectA.V. Salamzade, E.İ.Kanukov
Main contractorA. Mustafayev

The monument

The mausoleum is located in the city of Shusha in Karabakh region of Azerbaijan. The construction of the mausoleum started in the 1970s and was completed in 1982. It was inaugurated by then the First Secretary of Communist Party of Azerbaijan, Heydar Aliyev.[1] The mausoleum was built by sculptor A. Mustafayev based on the design by a member of the National Academy of Sciences Abdul Vakhav Salamzade and well-known architect E.I. Kanukov.[2] It is located in the southwestern part of Shusha, by the Jidir Duzu plain, where the poet was killed and is a part of Shusha State Historical and Architectural Reserve. The design of the mausoleum follows the pattern of Azerbaijani mausoleums architectural compositions such as Nizami Mausoleum in Ganja. It rises to 18 meters in height.

The bottom part of the monument is built with reddish Karabakh marble plates, white and grey marble. Aluminium is used for the decoration pattern in the entire length of the mausoleum. The poet's name was engraved above the entrance door.

According to Azerbaijani sources, the mausoleum has been vandalized by Armenians following the capture of Shusha in 1992.[3] The state of the mausoleum steadily deteriorated during the Armenian control over the town from 1992 to 2020.[4]

President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev in front of the ruined mausoleum
  • Azerbaijani stamp depicting the mausoleum
  • State of the mausoleum in 2013

References
  1. "Обнаружены новые рукописи Низами Гянджеви и Моллы Панаха Вагифа". Retrieved August 24, 2010.
  2. "Проблемы сохранения и реконструкции исторических городов Азербайджана". Абдул Вахав Саламзаде. 1979. Retrieved August 24, 2010.
  3. "Şuşa Azərbaycan mədəniyyətinin paytaxtı, Xarı bülbül Qarabağın azadlıq rəmzi oldu". azertag.az (in Azerbaijani). Azer Tac. 8 January 2021. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
  4. "İlham Əliyev Vaqif türbəsini ziyarət edib". baku.ws (in Azerbaijani). 15 January 2021. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
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