Xanəgah, Julfa
| Xanəgah | |
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| Municipality | |
 Xanəgah
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| Coordinates: 39°11′24″N 45°42′23″E / 39.19000°N 45.70639°ECoordinates: 39°11′24″N 45°42′23″E / 39.19000°N 45.70639°E | |
| Country |
 Azerbaijan
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| Autonomous republic | Nakhchivan |
| Rayon | Julfa |
| Population (2005) | |
| • Total | 1,212 |
| Time zone | AZT (UTC+4) |
Xanəgah (also, Khanagah and Khanegakh) is a village and municipality in the Julfa Rayon of Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan. It is located 37 km in the north from the district center, on the both bank of the Alinjachay River, on the slope of the Zangezur ridge. Its population is busy with vine-growing, farming and animal husbandry. There are secondary school, cultural house, three libraries, communication branch, club, kindergarten and a medical center in the village. It has a population of 1,212. The Əlincəçay xanəgahı (Alinjachay architectural complex) of the Middle Ages is located in the east from the Khanagah village, on the left bank of the Alinjachay River.
The name of the Xanəgah (Khanagah) is related with common name of Khanagah which were given to the sanctuary, sacred place and the buildings built around the holy graves or to the buildings owned by the pilgrims. The Khanagah means "place for dervishes", and were built on the sacred places. The tombs of the Sheikh Khorasan (Fazlullah Naimi) in the Julfa region, the Khoja Sayyid in the Lerik regions are such a Khanagahs.
Əlincəçay Xanəgahı (The Khanegah of Alinjachay) - the architectural complex of the Middle Ages in the Khanagah village of Julfa rayon, on the bank of the Alinjachay River. From the complex till the present days preserved the tomb, mosque pillars of the unknown monument and the ruins of a other building. The basis of the Alinjachay khanagah complex consists from the square tomb which was built by a person named Lalabey. On the inscription of the tomb, has been left name of the architect (Jamaleddin), but the part which was the date of building, was destroyed. However, in the "Communist" newspaper, dated 24 August 1975, shows that the Alinjachay khanagah exist since the 8th century. The Tromp (the cone part at the architecture, arch-shaped construction) girdle on the upper corners of the tomb in a large-size, gives an archaic look to the its interior. The tromps is eight-pointed. Stalakit (decorative detail in the form of figure of the prism-shaped in the architecture) installation is passing to a sixteen-angled that this make up the seat of the tent-shaped dome. Dome of the tomb was destroyed. The rectangular boards which conditionally called "alter" on both sides of the entrance of the khanageh, are decorated with vividly ornaments and inscriptions of religious content. These are the most beautiful examples of plastic carving on the gypsum. The architectural elements of the tomb's entrance arch, is similar to the details of the Mömünə Xatun (Momine Khatun Mausoleum) mausoleum. In the its construction beside the brick, were also used the turquoise glazed tile. The mosque which was built adjacent to the tomb's arch, divided into six sections with the two supporting and each section is covered with a dome. In the inscription of the mosque, is shown that it was built in 901 AH (1496), by the order of an unknown woman. In 2005, thoroughly reconstruction and restoration works were carried out.
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