Chukhur Mahalla Mosque Explained

Building Name:Chukhur Mahalla Mosque
Location:Shusha, Azerbaijan
Coordinates:39.7608°N 46.7569°W
Religious Affiliation:Shia Islam
Architecture Style:Islamic architecture
Year Completed:18th century
Specifications:yes
Minaret Quantity:none

Chukhur Mahalla Mosque (Azerbaijani: Çuхur məhəllə məscidi), also called Shefa Ojagi (in Azerbaijani),[1] was an Azerbaijani mosque located in Shusha. It was under the occupation of Armenian forces since the capture of Shusha on May 8, 1992, until the city's recapture 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 9 lower neighborhoods of Shusha.[5] 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] The nearby Chukhur Gala supplied the neighbourhood with the famous mineral water of Shusha, and the mosque was among the most valuable monuments of the Shusha State Historical and Architectural Reserve.[8]

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  1. Web site: Краткая история. 19 August 2010. 4 September 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110904202117/http://www.azconsulate.spb.ru/index.php?type=page&id=191. dead.
  2. Web site: Shusha State Historical & Architectural Reserve . 19 August 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20101004182205/http://www.karabakhfoundation.org/regions/shusha . 4 October 2010 .
  3. Web site: Шуша – боль моя. 19 August 2010. 28 September 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220928164344/http://www.anl.az/shusha_ru.html. dead.
  4. Web site: Ministry of Tourism - Chukhur Mahalla mosque. 19 August 2010.
  5. Web site: Şuşanın məhəllələri . 19 August 2010.
  6. Web site: Şuşanın tarixi . 19 August 2010 .
  7. Web site: Город муз и ремесел: История Шуши с XVIII века до XX века. 19 August 2010 .
  8. Web site: ШУША. 19 August 2010. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110706130806/http://www.karabakhmonuments.az/print_preview.php?id=56. 6 July 2011.