Azerbaijan: Karabakh khan's descendant visits Shusha VIDEO

Spain-based Muhammedali Akbarov, a descendant of the Karabakh Khanate's founder Panahali Khan, visited Panahali Khan's Palace in Shusha on August 2-8, 2022, during the 3rd Summer Camp for Diaspora Youth.

In Azerbaijan's cultural capital of Shusha, he gave an interview to Diaspora TV in front of Panahali Khan's Palace for the programme "Homeland is not far away" [Vətən uzaqda deyil], Caliber.Az reports citing the press service of the Azerbaijani State Committee for Work with the Diaspora.

The 3rd Summer Camp for Diaspora Youth was jointly organised by the State Committee for Work with the Diaspora and the Heydar Aliyev Foundation on August 2-8, 2022, in Shusha, as part of the "Year of Shusha". The partners of the camp are the Azerbaijani Youth and Sports Ministry, the Youth Foundation, the State Tourism Agency and the State Reserve Department of Shusha city.

The founder of the Karabakh Khanate, Panahali Khan Javanshir, was a descendant of the famous Javanshir dynasty of Karabakh. He was born in 1693.

Panahali Khan Javanshir was an Azerbaijani warlord and statesman who has a special place in the country's history, in particular in the history of the Karabakh region. In 1747, Panahali Khan founded the Karabakh Khanate in the modern-day Karabakh region of Azerbaijan.

As the first khan of the new khanate, he ordered the construction of Shusha city. According to historical sources, Panahali Khan decided to build an "eternal and invincible fortress in a firm and impassable place in the mountains" given the unfavourable location of previous castles. Construction of the city kicked off in 1752 at about 1,600 metres above sea level in Karabakh, and the capital of the khanate was moved to the city in 1756-1757.

Furthermore, during his reign, Shahbulag Castle and Asgaran Fortress were built, where large-scale construction and building works were carried out.

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