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Shidli gravestone statues

Monument date
1300-1350 (refers to the previous historical period)
Placement
Previous toponym

In the lowlands of Vedibasar mahal, in the village of Shidli (Garagoyunlu Shidli) on the banks of the Araz River, opposite to Aghridaghi.

Placement
Current toponym

The name of Shidli village was changed on 9.04.1991 to Yekhegnavan.

Classification

Architec­ture

Current situation

The horse stone and ram stone statues, which are the ancient symbols of the Turko-Oghuz dynasty, in the village of Shidli were destroyed.

Information

The name Shidli is an ethnotoponym. Until the events of 1988, Shidli village was the only purely Azerbaijani village in Vedi district. In the area of Shidli village, there was a large ram stone in the area called Gochdashi between the Gakhanov canal and the Mashadi Sey­fulla ditch, and a small horse-sized stone horse statue with a saddle and swimming called Atdashi in the old cemetery of the village called Sunnu cemetery.

Historical horse stone and ram stone sculptures prove that these places have been a Turkic-Oghuz homeland since ancient times.