Palace of Karabakh Khans

For the eldest son of Ibrahimkhalil Khan, Mukhammedhasan Agha, another palace was built on a sheer cliff in the southeast of the Shusha plateau.

Almost all cities of the feudal period were characterized by the presence of the fortified citadels built within on naturally protected hills.

These citadels, being the architectural and planning dominant, housed the palace complex, fortifications and other structures designed to serve the ruler and to ensure his safety.

Platon Zubov writes: Shusha was created as if by magic: the already existing high stone walls with formidable loopholes and towers were raised from the side of the Ganja road, and the small quadrangular castles, in which Panah Khan settled with his adherents, appeared inside the fortress.

The plan reveals the Shusha castles were located on the eastern part of the plateau and were raised, as usual, on natural barriers - on hills or on the edge of sheer cliffs.

For example, in the middle of the 19th century, in the newspaper Kavkaz was noted: Among the various houses and residential buildings of the city, the castles where the khan's family members live, immediately catch the eye: they are unique.

[9] This hall was separated from the outer space by shebeke-windows, which were widely used in palace, residential and religious construction of the 18-19th centuries in Azerbaijan.

Palace of the Karabakh Khans' location in the historical center of the city of Shusha's plan