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Ancient Gates of Ganja

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Arabic on the surviving leaf of the gate read: "With the name of Allah, the merciful and benevolent. The Excellency Sayyid Shawur ibn Al-Fazl - May Allah keep his supremacy longer! - ordered this door to be built with the help of Abul Faraj Muhammad ibn Abdulla - Let Allah give success to him too.
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took the advantage of the earthquake to attack and loot the defenseless Ganja. He captured the gates as his trophy. The surviving citizens of Ganja carried the gates—weighing tons—on their backs.
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across from the tomb of Georgian King David IV. Today, a leaf of this gate is fastened to the wall facing David I's grave in the yard of the monastery.
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The ornament contained the name of the master in the Kufi language and the date of the gate's completion. The inscriptions in
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decorated on the outside with stamped ornaments and patterns made according to the chasing method.
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struck Ganja and practically destroyed the city. The earthquake was so strong that top part of
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to the south-west of the town broke off and fell down into the Aghsu River and created
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Only one half of the gate has survived. It is built into the wall of
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Index


Gelati Monastery
Georgia
craftsmanship
Shavur I
Shaddadids
Ganja
iron
Kufi
strong earthquake
Mount Kapaz
Lake Göygöl
Demetrius I of Georgia
Gelati Monastery


Ganja, Azerbaijan
Azerbaijani language
"Ganja gates - Defensive structures | Catalog GoMap.Az"
"Об архитектуре"
"Проклятие "Ворот Гянджи"?"
the original
"Ворота древней Гянджи"
"ВОРОТА ДРЕВНЕЙ ГЯНДЖИ"
"Распахнутся снова ворота Гянджи"
"Гянджинские ворота"
""Eurotourism" - travel around the world with us"
the original
"Ancient Ganja Gate"
"Tarixdəki izimiz, tarixi abidələrimiz: Gəncə qalası və qapıları | Tele-İnform"

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