The Khudafarin bridge is strategically important and is considered one of the historical main points of contact between the Caucasus and the Iranian Azerbaijan.

The bridge is first attested in the first half of the 14th century, in the Nuzhat al-Qulub by the Iranian geographer Hamdallah Mustawfi.

[1] According to Hamdallah Mustawfi, the bridge was built by Bukayr ibn Abdallah, one of the Arab commanders who led the conquest of Iranian Azerbaijan (Adurbadagan) during the rise of Islam.

The Iranian historian Hassan Mousavizadeh considers this unlikely, stating that the Arabs did not have experience with bridge building at the time.

He states that, based on the available evidence, the bridge predates Islam and was present throughout the era of the Sasanian Empire (224–651).

This bridge was used as a staging area for military operations and a means of transportation during two wars, and it was repeatedly destroyed and rebuilt.

The Russian general Pavel Tsitsianov deployed some troops to stop Abbas Mirza's soldiers from advancing at the base of the Khudafarin bridge in an effort to aid Ibrahim Khalil Khan.

However, Abbas Mirza's forces eventually overcame the Russians and took control of the Shusha fortress, Ibrahim Khalil Khan's government headquarters.

[3] Architects used river cobblestone (breakwaters and arches) and square baked brick (parapet of the upper part) to build the 15-span bridge.