House Of Mehmandarovs
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Karim bey Mehmandarov Abdul Karim bey Mirza Mustafa bey oghlu Mehmandarov ( az, Əbdül Kərim bəy Mirzə Mustafa bəy oğlu Mehmandarov, 2 December 1854, Shusha–20 December 1929, Shusha) was a Russian Empire and Soviet medical doctor of Azerbaijani ethnicity. He was ...
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Shusha / hy, Շուշի , settlement_type = City , image_skyline = ShushaCollection2021.jpg , image_caption = Landmarks of Shusha, from top left:Ghazanchetsots Cathedral • Yukhari Govhar ...
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Karbalayi Safikhan Karabakhi Karbalayi Safikhan Karabakhi ( az, Kərbəlayı Səfixan Sultanhüseyn oğlu Qarabaği) (c. 1817 - 1910) was an Azerbaijani architect and one of the representatives of Karabakh architecture schools. Buildings by Kerbalai Sefikhan Karabagi included ...
The Mehmandarovs' House is a historic palace-type residential complex located in
Shusha / hy, Շուշի , settlement_type = City , image_skyline = ShushaCollection2021.jpg , image_caption = Landmarks of Shusha, from top left:Ghazanchetsots Cathedral • Yukhari Govhar ...
. It is one of the most interesting examples of the 18th century's civil architecture of
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. The residential complex, which once belonged to the Mehmandarov family, includes the Large Residential Building, the Small Residential Building and the Family Mosque. The complex is fenced with stone walls. During the Soviet time, the Shusha city hospital was located in the Large Residential Building. After coming under the control of the Armenian forces, the building was completely destroyed. During the Soviet period, the Museum of Shusha History was located in the Small Residential Building. During the years of occupation, the building was used by the Armenians as well as the Museum of city's history. The mosque located on the territory of the complex also served as the neighbourhood's mosque. During the years of the Armenian occupation, it was turned into the Museum of Geology. After the establishment of the control over the city by the Azerbaijani armed forces in 2020, the complex is undergoing repair and restoration work.


Architectural features

The house has a square shape. Three rooms, out of four on the second floor, open onto the veranda at the house's rear of the, and a large bay window, which serves as a guest hall, overlooks the main facade. Such a solution of the facade, despite the lack of symmetry, creates the impression of harmony and balance in the architectural parts of the house. The staircase and the wooden veranda on the rear façade of the house add to its overall appearance. A special place in the house's architecture is occupied by a well-lit thanks to its wide windows and richly decorated guest room.


Wall murals

The interiors of the Big Residential Building and the Family Mosque were decorated with murals by Ust Gambar Karabagi, reminding the ones in the palace of Sheki khans. During the Soviet time, the Museum of Shusha's History was located in the Small Residential Building. While painting the panels of the Small Room in the Mehmandarovs' house, Usta Gambar used a motif peculiar only to him and nowhere else repeated. In such an image, with a dominant repeating pattern, there is no traditional pillar division of panels into sectors. This rich composition depicts various birds sitting on the branches of plants. It resembles the murals on the second floor of the Sheki Khans' palace. The images in this panel, created using open tones, were placed on the bottom of the wall, so they are poorly preserved (compared to other murals in the room). The art critic N. Miklashevskaya, who studied the wall paintings of the house, claims that "although the frieze images that both in the Palace of the Sheki Khans and in the Mehmandarov's house were created under the direction of Ust Gambar, the images of the Mehmandarov's house turned out better. They harmonized more with the general images of the room." She also believes that the painting of the panel in Mehmandarov's house, in terms of the thoroughness of execution and subtlety of colours, is higher than the similar paintings in the hall of the first floor of the Sheki palace. Both in the Small Room and in the Hall, there are lancet-shaped fireplaces characteristic to Shusha, covered with flat pictorial ornaments. The main silver branches of the frieze of the Sheki Khans' palace are surrounded by realistically depicted flowers; a large amount of silver was used here, with the colours being lighter while the patterns in the are presented in darker colours. The patterns on the frieze are also repeated on the tympanum panels. N. Miklashevskaya also mentions the shebeke, which occupies the entire front wall of the Hall, which, in her words, is similar to the shebeke of the Sheki palace: "Shebeke, in combination with the small coloured glass, make up intricate patterns of stars and circles, and complete the original decor of the room". She writes the following about the fireplace in the house: "Its design is typical for fireplaces in Shusha. The fireplace protrudes somewhat from the plane of the wall and has a quadrangular shape with a ledge at a height of 1.5 meters in the form of a breakdown; above it there is a small decorative square, on top of which, already directly on the wall, the fireplace ends with a painting of a bouquet of flowers. The furnace hole on the fireplace mirror is drawn with an intricate pointed arch. The fireplace is not richly decorated: a simple geometrized floral ornament prevails decorating its profiled stripes. In the lancet-shaped tympans of the firebox, the painting of stylized flowers is repeated on a blue background, which is common in the tympanum panels of the neighbouring room, as well as on the ceiling of the Hall. There is very little bronze paint in the paintings on the fireplace." Along the ceiling of the Ceremonial Hall of the Mehmandarovs' house, there is a recess decorated with an interesting frieze. It is decorated with a composition of flowers and birds in the shape of a large medallion. The plafond of the Mehmandarovs' house, from the point of view of the overall composition, reminds the ones of the Sheki khans' palace and the Shekihanovs' house, however, its patterns in their colours and compositions are closer to the motifs of carpet weaving. On the richly decorated carpets with a central medallion and a corner pattern, typical to the Karabakh school of carpet weaving, one can see an analogy of this composition.


Gallery

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See also

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* House of Uzeyir Hajibeyov


References


Literature

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