Significance of the Archival Sources in Study of Historical Heritage of Ganja City
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https://doi.org/10.55804/TSU-ti-3/HasanovKeywords:
cultural heritage, Azerbaijan, history, Ganja, architecture, archive, written sourcesAbstract
The main aim of the scientific paper is investigation of the archival materials, their great importance in the study of the historical past, also architectural heritage of Azerbaijan. Especially the archives of the military-historical sources have the rich information. The documents of the archives are important historical sources in the study of material culture of Azerbaijan during this period. For the first time various written documents such as the archival sources for the late Middle ages have been investigated as the important springs in study of historic-cultural and architectural heritage of Ganja city. Information about fortress walls, palaces, caravanserais, baths, houses, bridges and other buildings of Azerbaijani cities is preserved in the archive. There are many documents in the archive about the history of Ganja Khanate. The official military documents contain detailed historical information about the economy, culture, demography and political history of the city of Ganja and the Khanate. The materials in the funds of different archives, together with other sources of the researched period, allow to objectively illuminating the study of the history, also cultural heritage of the Ganja Khanate and this ancient city.
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