Bayat Castle

Bayat Castle (Azerbaijani: Bayat qalası) is in Kebirli village of Tartar Rayon of the Republic of Azerbaijan.

Bayat Castle
Bayat qalası
Part of Karabakh Khanate
Tartar Rayon, Azerbaijan
Coordinates40.27°N 47.01°E / 40.27; 47.01
TypeCastle
Site history
Built1748
Built byPanah Ali Khan
Materialshard burned bricks

History

After the death of Iranian ruler Nader Shah (r. 1736-1747), several khanates were established on the territory that constitutes the present-day Republic of Azerbaijan. One of these was the Karabakh Khanate founded by Panah Ali Khan Javanshir. The first capital of the khanate was the Bayat Castle built in 1748 in Kebirli mahali (province). The name of the Bayat castle was given in honour of the Turkic Bayat clan. The castle included all strategic defense structures such as walls warfare trenches and had a market, bath house and a mosque. It was built with hard burned bricks. When the construction of the castle was finalized Panah Ali Khan moved all of his court to the castle.

The capital was therefore soon moved to the newly constructed Shahbulag Castle located in lowland Karabakh in 1752. Eventually, with an intent to secure the entity from external threats, especially from Iran, Panah Ali Khan moved the capital to its final location, Shusha, a more reliable natural fortress located on a hardly penetratable mountain rock.

Current state

Bayat castle is among the most valuable historic and cultural monuments of Azerbaijan.[1] It is one of the monuments that partially survived after more than two centuries. It is mostly in ruins after the First Nagorno-Karabakh War.[2]

See also

References
  1. "MIDDLE AGES GARABAGH MONUMENTS". Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 17 August 2010.
  2. "Азербайджан феодальный: Исторические события Азербаджана. Древний Азербайджан". Retrieved 18 August 2010.
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