OMM Newsroom
Today, October 18, marks six years since Khudafarin Bridge, located on the Araz River on the Azerbaijan-Iran border in Jabrayil district, was liberated from Armenian occupiers.
“Operative Information Center-OMM” recalls that on October 18, 2020, Hacili and Haji Isagli, two other settlements in Jabrayil, were liberated alongside Khudafarin Bridge.
The 11-arch Khudafarin Bridge, built in the style of the Azerbaijani school of architecture, consists of the remains of a bridge dating to the 11th-12th centuries on the Araz River, along the Iran-Azerbaijan border. It was built of stone and faced with large, finely dressed stone slabs.
Researchers believe it was rebuilt in the 13th century, during the rule of the Ilkhanids (Hulaguids), over the remains of an ancient bridge. The bridge is about 130 meters long, six meters wide and 12 meters high above the river. Three central arches remain intact, while the riverside arches were demolished in the 1930s by order of the USSR.
The 15-arch Khudafarin Bridge is dated to the 13th century. According to Hamdallah Qazvini, it was commissioned in the 15th year of the Hijri calendar (639 AD) by Bakr ibn Abdullah, a close companion of the Prophet Muhammad. Because the supports of its arches rest on natural foundations — rocks — the spans vary in size and are arranged irregularly. Built of fired bricks and river stones, the bridge is about 200 meters long, 4.5 meters wide and reaches a maximum height of 12 meters above the river.
