Gurdlar neighbourhood (Azerbaijani: Qurdlar məhəlləsi; Armenian: Գուրդլար թաղամաս) was founded in the 18th century, and is one of the lower quarters of the city of Shusha.
[1][2] There are located the house of Zohrabbeyov, the castle of Gara Boyuk Khanim, as well as the estate of the famous public figure, writer, and teacher Ahmad bey Aghaoglu's of father.
[5] After the occupation of Shusha by the Armenian forces in 1992, the building was looted, and the valuable decoration of the house, the stained-glass mirrors, and the wall paintings disappeared.
[6] In the Gurdlar neighbourhood, there was also located the house where Ahmed bey Aghaoglu was born and raised.
[7] After the recapture of Shusha and the restoration of the control over the city by the Azerbaijani army, the General Centre of Turkic Homes (having its head office in Ankara) was established in the house of Ahmed bey Aghaoglu had appealed to the Azerbaijani state with a request to allow the restoration of the destroyed Aghaoglu house at its own expense.