Karbalayi Safikhan Karabakhi

Karbalayi Safikhan Sultanhuseyn oghlu Karabakhi (Azerbaijani: Kərbəlayı Səfixan Sultanhüseyn oğlu Qarabaği) (c. 1817–1910) was an Azerbaijani architect and one of the representatives of Karabakh architecture schools.^[1] Buildings by Kerbalai Sefikhan Karabagi included traditional and romantic elements. Designs of Karabagi, such as those for mosques in Aghdam and Barda, employ simple devices based on Azerbaijani architectural traditions.^[2]

Karbalayi Safikhan Karabakhi
Stamp of Azerbaijan, dedicated to the 80th Anniversary of the Union of Architects of Azerbaijan
Born	1817 Shusha, Karabakh Khanate, Russian Empire
Died	25 June 1910(1910-06-25) (aged 93) Shusha, Elisabethpol Governorate, Russian Empire
Occupation	Architect
Buildings	Ashaghi Govhar Agha Mosque Agdam Mosque Yukhari Govhar Agha Mosque

Works

A characteristic feature of the creativity of Karabakhi was the rational and skilful use of traditional local architecture. The socket of Yukhari Govhar Agha Mosque built by him in 1883, states in Arabic: "Made by Karbalayi Safikhan Karabakhi. 1301."

The constructed projects by Karabakhi include a mausoleum in Barda (1868), the Agdam Mosque, the Tatar Mosque (1870) in Odessa, the Mosque Qarabaghlar in Ashgabat and other civic buildings in Nagorno-Karabakh region.^[3][4]

He is also responsible for creating a single types of mosques with their unique organization of internal space - the division of stone columns on the two-story gallery and the use of domed ceilings in Nagorno-Karabakh region.^[5]