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The territorty of Shusha city, Azerbaijan’s cultural centre, has a wealth of ancient historical and architectural monuments. The Upper Govharaga Mosque (Yuxarı Gövhərağa Məscidi), Shusha’s oldest mosque, was erected in four stages and is one of these monuments.
Panahali khan, the founder of the Karabakh khanate and Shusha castle, ordered it to be erected of reeds in about 1750, parallel to the Karabakh khan’s palace.
In the years following Ibrahimkhalil Khan’s ascension to power in 1768–1769,On the site of the old mosque, a new stone mosque was constructed.
On the same site, the third mosque with a double minaret was built, and in 1883, the fourth and final Juma mosque of Shusha was built at the expense of Govhar aga.
After the occupation of Shusha on May 8, 1992, this mosque, like all other architectural treasures in the city, was attacked by Armenians.
The city of Shusha and its ancient architectural treasures were freed from Armenian captivity on November 8, 2020, as a result of the Second Karabakh War.
