Khalaj village mosque
Khalaj (Khalaj) - in the village of Khalac in the current Gafan district, Zangazur uezd of Yelizavetpol (Ganja) Governorate
The name of Khalaj village was changed from 4.06.2006 to Atchanan.
Architecture
As a reference, an inscription written in Persian was shown on the building of a mosque in the village of Khalaj, and the mosque belonging to the Azerbaijanis was not touched, since it was accepted by the Armenians as a Persian mosque. In a video filmed in the village in 2012, it is believed that the State Inspectorate for the Protection of Monuments was conducting research related to this monument.
The mosque of the village of Khalaj was built in the 7th century. The date of construction of the mosque is known from a sign written in Arabic alphabet above the entrance door. The edges of the windows and doors of the mosque, built of river stone and white lime, are surrounded by white marble stone. Above the door of the mosque there are inscriptions in the Arabic alphabet on a large oval marble stone. The roof of the mosque is about 15 meters long and 5 meters wide and is covered with a dark brown iron ceiling covering. The mosque has a thick dark brown wood entrance door, 1 meter wide, and two oval windows with iron frames on the right side of the entrance door 150,151. In the village of Khalaj in 1831 there lived 23 people, in 1873 - 34 people, in 1886 - 308 people, in 1897 - 329 people, in 1904 - 319 people, in 1914 - 300 people 152, 153. In 1918, Azerbaijanis were subjected to the Armenian genocide and were deported 154. After the establishment of Soviet power on the territory of present-day Armenia, the Azerbaijanis who left the village were able to return to their homes. In 1922, 132 Azerbaijanis lived here, in 1926 - 94, in 1931 - 114, in 1939 - 780 people 155. After the deportation of Azerbaijanis at the end of November 1988, Armenians were resettled in the village.
