Karbalayi Safikhan Karabakhi
{{Infobox architect
| name = Karbalayi Safikhan Karabakhi
| image = Stamps of Azerbaijan, 2016-1249.jpg
| caption = Stamp of Azerbaijan, dedicated to the 80th Anniversary of the Union of Architects of Azerbaijan
| birth_date = 1817
| birth_place = Shusha, Karabakh Khanate, Russian Empire
| death_date = {{dda|1910|06|25|1817|04|22|df=y}}
| death_place = Shusha, Elisabethpol Governorate, Russian Empire
| practice =
| significant_buildings = Ashaghi Govhar Agha Mosque
| awards =
}}
Karbalayi Safikhan Sultanhuseyn oghlu Karabakhi ({{langx|az|Kərbəlayı Səfixan Sultanhüseyn oğlu Qarabaği}}) (c. 1817–1910) was an Azerbaijani architect and one of the representatives of Karabakh architecture schools.{{cite web|last=Qarabağlı|first=Rizvan|title=Qarabağın qədim məscidləri|url=http://karabakh-doc.azerall.info/ru/articls/artc124az-35.php|publisher=karabakh-doc.azerall.info|accessdate=17 August 2010|language=az|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718232744/http://karabakh-doc.azerall.info/ru/articls/artc124az-35.php|archive-date=18 July 2011|url-status=dead}} 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.The Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art and Architecture / Edited by Jonathan M. Bloom, Sheila Blair.. — Oxford University Press, 2009. — V. II. — P. 238. — {{ISBN|9780195309911}}
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.{{cite web|title=XIX əsrdə memarlığın inkişafı|url=http://azerbaijan.tourism.az/?/az/topmenu_content/853/|publisher=Azerbaijan Tourism Portal|accessdate=17 August 2010|language=az|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20120227075658/http://azerbaijan.tourism.az/?/az/topmenu_content/853/|archivedate=27 February 2012}}{{cite web|last=Rustamov|first=Intiqam|title=Bərdə İmamzadəsi|url=http://www.ihq.az/index.php?news=1199|publisher=ihq.az|accessdate=17 August 2010|language=az|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706131055/http://www.ihq.az/index.php?news=1199|archive-date=6 July 2011|url-status=dead}}
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.{{cite web|last=Salimova|first=A,T|script-title=ru:ВЛИЯНИЕ ХРИСТИАНСТВА НА АРХИТЕКТУРУ АЗЕРБАЙДЖАНА|url=http://www.bakililar.az/ca/history/khristark.html|work=Azerbaijani University of Architecture and Building|publisher=bakililar.az|language=ru}}
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Category:19th-century Azerbaijani architects
Category:20th-century Azerbaijani architects