Karbalayi Safikhan Sultanhuseyn oghlu Karabakhi () (c. 1817–1910) was an Azerbaijani architect and one of the representatives of

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architecture schools. Buildings by Kerbalai Sefikhan Karabagi included traditional and romantic elements. Designs of Karabagi, such as those for mosques in Aghdam and Barda, employ simple devices based on Azerbaijani architectural traditions.

Works

A characteristic feature of the creativity of Karabakhi was the rational and skilful use of traditional local architecture. The socket of

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built by him in 1883, states in

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: "''Made by Karbalayi Safikhan Karabakhi. 1301.''" The constructed projects by Karabakhi include a

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in Barda (1868), the Agdam Mosque, the Tatar Mosque (1870) in

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, the Mosque Qarabaghlar in

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and other civic buildings in

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region. He is also responsible for creating a single types of mosques with their unique organization of internal space - the division of

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columns on the two-story gallery and the use of domed ceilings in Nagorno-Karabakh region.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Karabakhi, Karabalayi Safikhan 19th-century Azerbaijani architects 20th-century Azerbaijani architects Architects from Shusha 1817 births 1910 deaths Burials at Mirza Hassan Cemetery