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.

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