Haji Abbas mosque
It is located in the Mehmandar (Shorlu Mehmandar) village on the right bank of the Zangi River, 11 km northeast of Ulukhanli settlement, the center of Zangibasar district, Zangibasar mahal.
On 3.01.1935, Shorlu Mehmandar village’s name was changed to and it was called Mehmandar. On 25.01.1978, it was changed to the name of Hovtashat.
Architecture
It was burned during the 1919 deportation. It was repaired by the population who returned to the village during the Soviet rule. Since it was not allowed to function as a mosque until the deportation of 1988, it was used in different ways. It was destroyed after the 1988 deportation.
The Haji Abbas Agha Mosque was built by Haji Abbas Agha in 1840 and the mosque was named after the man who built it. The mosque was built by craftsmen brought from Turkey and Iran, and became a place of worship and pilgrimage for all Muslims of the Zangibasar and Uchkilsa regions. In 1915-1918, the villagers, who were attacked by the Armenians, took refuge in the mosque, and armed people guarded them, standing guard near the mosque.