Palace of Nakhchivan Khans ( az, Naxçıvan xanlarının sarayı) is historical and architectural

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of the 18th century located in Nakhchivan. The monument built in the style of the Nakhchivan-Maragha architectural school was the residence of the Nakhchivan

khans Khan may refer to: *Khan (inn), from Persian, a caravanserai or resting-place for a travelling caravan *Khan (surname), including a list of people with the name * Khan (title), a royal title for a ruler in Mongol and Turkic languages and used by ...

before the early 20th century. At the end of the 18th century, the palace was built with the order of Nakhchivan khan, Ehsan Khan’s father Kelbali Khan Kangarli. The Khan Palace has been operating since April 1998 as Nakhchivan

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Design

The Khan Palace is built on the western side of the palace complex with a 3600 m² area, facing daylight as khan steep. The Khan Palace complex features a 42 x 8 m building, a newly built swimming pool,

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, green stripes, ornamental and

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. The building is two floors. By the time the palace consisted of two separate sections. The southern section is intended for administrative work and reception of high-class guests, while the northern section is intended for khan's

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. Entrance to sections was one of the corridors with two-storeyed

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. Currently, only southern corridor is used because of the museum's location in the palace. An internal passage was created between the sections. The corridors go above the main

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. The stairs are surrounded by

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and are fixed with wooden railings. The total area of the Khan Palace is 382 m² and thickness of its walls vary from 60 cm to 1.1 m. The building was built with baked bricks of 20x20x5 cm. The

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have network styles and all rooms have all sizes of niches Nakhchivan residential houses used. There are 3 rooms on the 1st floor, 8 rooms (2 halls) on 2nd floor and 2

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on the

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that are used as rooms. Both mansions have access to open balconies over the corridors. In the western part of the hall designed for guests, a 40 cm height stage type couch was built. The open windows of the wooden beam are decorated with nets and

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with small

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. Other walls of the hall have been designed with trunks, fountain and plot

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. In the course of many repairs and restoration works, the paintings were damaged or covered with

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. The southern wall and its surroundings are decorated with

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shapes and mirror pieces. The building was warmed by two steamers placed on the walls.

Activity

After the

Nakhichevan Khanate The Nakhichevan Khanate ( fa, خانات نخجوان, translit=Khānāt-e Nakhchevān; Azerbaijani:ناخچیوان خانلیغی,Naxçıvan xanlığı; hy, Նախիջեւանի խանութիւն, translit=Naxijewani xanowt'iwn) was a khanate ...

was abolished, the Kangarli cavalry commander was placed in this palace, and the headquarters of the Nakhchivan National Defense Council moved here in 1918–1920. Khan's palace has been preserved in various periods, although it has been preserved. The Khan Palace has been operating since April 1998 as the Nakhchivan Carpet Museum. The museum consists of 8 halls, one of which is dedicated to Nakhchivan khans. At the time of creation 359 exhibits were registered in the museum, but now their number exceeds 2,000 (305 carpets). Here are samples of all types of carpets (xovlu: gaba, zili and xovsuz: sumax, varni, rug, palaz, shadda, cecim, etc.) and carpet products (mufrash, heybat, khurcun, sack, orkan, etc.) is displayed. The carpet samples of the 18th to 19th centuries are stored in the Ganja-Gazakh, Guba-Shirvan, Garabagh, Tabriz-Nakhchivan carpet-weaving schools. According to the flavorings, "Gull Chichi", "Pirabadil", "Alpan", "Ancient Afshan", "Hunting", "Zili", "Old Buta", "Nakhchivan", "Gasimushagi" along with carpets, carved carpets, national carpet (national artist K. Aliyev), "Leyli and Majnun", "Karabakh landscape", "Gray wolves", "Ganja gozal" and others were portrayed by the

Heydar Aliyev Heydar Alirza oghlu Aliyev ( az, Һејдәр Әлирза оғлу Әлијев, italic=no, Heydər Əlirza oğlu Əliyev, ; , ; 10 May 1923 – 12 December 2003) was a Soviet and Azerbaijani politician who served as the third president of Az ...

also occupies an important place. The museum houses

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items –

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samples,

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and

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containers, antique men's and women's national costumes.

The subsidiary building of the Khan palace

The historic-architectural monument about 18 century, Nakhchivan c. The subsidiary building of the Khan Palace. The building is situated in the area opposing with the Khan Palace (Nakhchivan State Carpet Museum) at 50-60 m distance from Momuna khatun tomb, in the old Gala (fortress) str. This building belonging to 18 century houses consists of a luxurious entranced portal and subsidiary rooms built close to it. The entrance to the yard of the khan house passes from the vestibule covered with a spherical dome. The passage to the main vestibule of the dome is a portal completed with trombial order. In all four recesses of the vestibule there are places of doors. One of these doors opens to the yard of the palace, but the other two open to the subsidiary rooms situated on the right and left of the vestibule. The roofs of the rooms are joined-span formed. In the past these rooms were used as homes for the palace servants, food storehouse and as a kitchen. The total area of the building is 336 m2. The height of the subsidiary rooms is 2,5 m from outside street, inside height 3 m, the height of the entrance portal 4,5 m. The building was built of brick and lime materials. At present the administrative building of the Under Open Air Museum and a shop of pres.Naxçıvan abidələri ensiklopediyası, 2008, s. 97

Gallery

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References

{{Reflist Palaces in Azerbaijan Royal residences in Azerbaijan Buildings and structures completed in the 18th century Tourist attractions in Azerbaijan

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Activity

The subsidiary building of the Khan palace

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