Mahmudoba, Shahbuz

Mahmudoba (also, Makhmudoba and Mahmud-oba) is a village and municipality in the Shahbuz District of Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan.

There are a Kəhriz (underground channel) in the southwest of the village, on the right bank of the Guruchay valley, the medieval settlements of the Ordu yurdu in the north-west, and the Məzrə and Mahmudoba in the north-east.

[1] Ordu Yurdu (Land of Army) - the place of residence of the 7th-8th centuries in the north-west of the village of Mahmudoba in the Shahbuz rayon.

Along the slope of the hill at a distance of approximately 30 m, the wide of the wall which was left unharmed is 1 m. At present, the place of residence is surrounded by plant fields on either side.

and glazed (bowl and plate-type containers) from the ceramic products, as well as from the plates decorated with geometric and floral patterns which has been worked with the brush on white transparent coating.

At the result of the exploratory (5х5 m size) drilling, the deep cultural layer on the 1.5–2 meters were identified, the glazed and unglazed pottery (pot, jar, lamp, etc.)