Western Azerbaijan Heritage

Shikhlar villa­ge in Garakilsa district, Zanga­zur mahal.

Garakilsa dist­rict was named Sisian from 02.03.1940, Shikhlar villa­ge was named Gizilshafag from 02.03.1940

Architec­ture

In 1918, the village mosque of Shikhlar was burned by the Armenians along with the villagers who were filled in­side as a result of the Armenian attacks. At the time of the 1988 depor­ta­tion, the re­mains of the mos­que existed

Near the village, the remains of an an­cient Albanian church and destroyed in 1918 Muslim Mosque, as well as ancient tombstones, are signs that people settled in these places at least 500 years ago. The springs around Shikhlar village (Dash spring, Molla spring, Tursh su, Tahir spring, Bashir spring, Kom willow spring, Ayri river, etc.), meadows and fields (Chukhurlar, Golyazi, Chakh­nig­lar, Tatar plain, Gabag bichanak, Dag­histan, Dashli guney, Duz zam, Babakan, etc.), names of the valleys and mountains (Su valley, Agh valley, Araf­sa valley, Baba oghlu valley, Gizil gaya, Haramlar mountain, etc.) show that Azer­baijani Turks have settled here since ancient times.