Okhdar village mosque
It is located in Zangazur mahal, Gafan district, Okhdar / Okhtar village.
Gafan district has been named Sunik since 11.04.1995
Architecture
The ruins of an ancient mosque destroyed by Armenians remain near the village.
Okhdar village was a village inhabited by Azerbaijanis for many years. After the Arab invasion, the local population converted to Islam and built a mosque for their worship. Okhdar village mosque was built in the Middle Ages in the XVII-XVIII centuries. In 1918, as a result of the Armenian attack, the village population was subjected to genocide and the village mosque was burned. The surviving population was forced to flee to the surrounding villages. After some time, the population returned home and rebuilt the village. In 1905-1906, the village was attacked by Armenian Dashnaks, its inhabitants were driven out, and the village was left in ruins. The toponym was formed based on the addition of the suffix -tar / -dar (-lar, -ler in the literary language of Azerbaijan) to the word okh (> ok) (which means "height, tribe" in the ancient Turkish language), which is used as a plural suffix in our dialects. It means "tribe", "tribal alliance". It is an ethnotoponym. It is a simple toponym in structure.