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Three days later, president Ilham Aliyev and first lady Mehriban Aliyeva visited the ruins of the city and the Aghdam Mosque. Aliyev gifted a Quran from Mecca to the mosque. [17] In 2020, after the ceding of Aghdam back to Azerbaijan, the first Friday prayer in 28 years was held in the mosque by the last imam of the mosque and Azerbaijani soldiers.
Aghdam (Azerbaijani: Ağdam) is a town and the nominal capital of the Aghdam District of Azerbaijan. [2] Founded in the 18th century, it was granted city status in 1828 and grew considerably during the Soviet period. Aghdam lies 26 km (16 miles) from Stepanakert at the eastern foot of the Karabakh Range, on the outskirts of the Karabakh plain.
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Aghdam District (Azerbaijani: Ağdam rayonu) is one of the 66 administrative divisions of Azerbaijan. It is located in the west of the country and belongs to the Karabakh Economic Region . The district borders the districts of Khojaly , Kalbajar , Tartar , Khojavend , Aghjabadi , and Barda .
The mosque was built in the 18th century. In the early 1990s, during the Karabakh war, the village of Giyasly was occupied by the Armenian armed forces. Under the terms of the hostilities cessation statement, that took place on 20 November 2020, the village of Giyasly, as part of the Aghdam region, was returned to Azerbaijan.
The Giyasly Mosque (Azerbaijani: Qiyaslı Məscidi) is a former mosque located in the village of Qiyaslı, in the Aghdam District of Azerbaijan. By the order of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Azerbaijan dated with 2 August 2001, the mosque was taken under state protection as an architectural monument of local importance (No. 4052). [1]
The village was occupied by Armenian forces during the First Nagorno-Karabakh war and all its original Azerbaijani inhabitants were expelled. During its occupation, it was administered as part of Martuni Province of the self-proclaimed Republic of Artsakh and was renamed Բաղբանլար.
In addition to the regional officials, Vafa Guluzade, the head of the Culture Department of the CP CC of Azerbaijan SSR, also participated in the opening ceremony. [2] The article published in the July 31, 1986, issue of "The Lenin Path", on the occasion of the opening of the tea house, reads: