Sachli Khanim temple

Monument date:
VI-VII c.
Placement /
Previous toponym:

It is located in the lower part of Aghkand vil­la­ge on Khos­rov river, at the foot of Zarinji moun­tain of Vedi district, Vedi­ba­sar mahal. 

Placement /
Current toponym:

The name of Aghkand villa­ge was changed to name in Ar­me­nian Ashota­van in  1966.

Classification:

Architec­ture

Current situation

Armenianized after the 1988 deportation.

Information:

Aghkend was one of the villages rich in historical monuments in the Vedi mahal. Near the famous Khosrov Oak forest, on the Khosrov river and in the lower part of Aghkend village surrounded by that forest, there was a one-room prayer place (temple) among the steep rocks above the Kilsa valley. It is known from the stone plaque embedded in the walls of the temple that this building was built in honor of Sachli Khanim, the daughter of Khosrov Parviz II (570-628) from the Sasanian rule.

In this area of the Vedi region, lived various Tur­kish clans, and the power and all material culture samples in those areas belonged only to them. 

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