Khanegah on the Alinjachay River ( az, Xanəgah türbəsi) – is a tomb dated to between the 13th and 15th centuries and is located in the
Khanegah village of
Julfa District
Julfa District ( az, Culfa rayonu) is one of the 7 districts of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic of Azerbaijan. The district borders the districts of Ordubad, Babek, Shahbuz, as well as the Syunik Province of Armenia and the East Azerbaijan ...
,
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan (, ; az, Azərbaycan ), officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, , also sometimes officially called the Azerbaijan Republic is a transcontinental country located at the boundary of Eastern Europe and Western Asia. It is a part of th ...
. The tomb is on the Alinjachay River.
Architecture
Khanegah was built of burned brick of 20 x 20 x 5 metre size.
Pendentive
In architecture, a pendentive is a constructional device permitting the placing of a circular dome over a square room or of an elliptical dome over a rectangular room. The pendentives, which are triangular segments of a sphere, taper to points ...
of the building is built like
muqarnas
Muqarnas ( ar, مقرنص; fa, مقرنس), also known in Iranian architecture as Ahoopāy ( fa, آهوپای) and in Iberian architecture as Mocárabe, is a form of ornamented vaulting in Islamic architecture. It is the archetypal form of I ...
. The complex consists of two mausoleums: one of them is attach to other in the 15th century.
Gallery
In 2008, a postage stamp of Azerbaijan with the picture of the khanegah was released.
Image:Stamp of Azerbaijan 838.jpg, Postage stamp of Azerbaijan with the picture of the khanegah.
References
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Mausoleums in Azerbaijan
Tourist attractions in Azerbaijan