Western Azerbaijan Heritage

Zahmat villa­ge, Zangibasar district, Zangi­basar mahal. 

Hachaparag village since 3.01.1935 - Zahmat, since 19.04.1991 - Khachpar.

Architec­ture

The madrasa, the religious and cultural lore cen­ter of the vil­lage, was des­tro­yed by the Armenians.

Zahmet village madrasa was founded by Mustafa Haji Akhund oghlu. In 1937, Mustafa Haji Akhund oghlu, who passed religious-mystical training, knew and taught Eastern languages perfectly, was exiled to Kazakhstan. His students were graduates of Caucasus University in Tbi­lisi, many of them immigrated to Turkey and South Azerbaijan to escape perse­cu­tion. Molla Huseyn (1895-1985), one of the clerics of Zahmet village, became the head akhund of the Imamzade mosque in Ganja in 1947, then moved to Nakhchi­van and held the position of supreme priest there for 23 years, before him, Haji Ibrahimkhalil from Iravan was at this po­sition. The toponym is derived from the combination of the Azerbaijani word hacha, which means "the place where breeding begins" and the ancient Turkish word parakh, which means “place where animals are fenced at night”. It is a to­ponym with a complex structure based on relief.

The Madrasa pla­yed the role of a center of knowledge that taught religion and language for those who came from Zah­mat village and surrounding vil­lages. In addi­tion, it also shows that the village is a de­ve­loped Azer­baijani home from the reli­gious and cultu­ral point of view.