Garabaghlar Mausoleum

The mausoleum, built in the first half of the 14th century, is partially demolished and has a cylindrical form with twelve semicircular facets.

[3] The history of the monument and its minarets can also be dated to the 14th century – during the reign of Abu Sa'id Bahadur Khan (1319-1335) for their style and construction methods.

This inscription on Garabaghlar mausoleum was written with letters of white color and its background was made of blue frieze.

A complicated system of stalactites underline a line of archivolt, infilling the space of an arched niche.

Golden glaze is sparingly interspersed with ornamental patterns of the portal, which is not met in the area of the mausoleum anymore.

Thanks to the deep niches in the sides of a central square, the burial vault of the mausoleum has taken the form of an equal-ended cross.

The Walls are encased with two rows of thoroughly drafted stone plates, over which oversails brick placement of cushions.

The top of the 12-side body is surrounded by a two-tier muqarnas corbel, used as a crossover to the inner cupola, which is folded by stone blocks.

Terra-cotta colored letters were placed against a turquoise background – this method is relatively rare in architecture found in Azerbaijan dating to the Middle Ages.

There was a significantly bigger portal in the place of the existing one, about which evidence fragments of masonry, which oversails the bay between minarets.

Perhaps, there is mentioned Qutui Khatun, one of the wives of Hulagu Khan, mother of Tekuder – Sultan Ahmad.

Distribution of this method to memorial (Mausoleums of Qarabaghlar, Radkan and Kishmar) and cultic (Jar-Kurgan) constructions dates back to the earlier times.

Façade ornament of Garabaghlar Mausoleum consists of repeating words - “There is no God but God, and Muhammad is His prophet. May God bless him”
Post stamp (2008)