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Illustrated History of Khanate of Iravan

The Hall of Mirrors in the Palace of the Sardar of Yerevan, Armenia, plate 17 from a book on the Caucasus, engraved by Charles Claude Bachelier and Celestin Francois Nanteuil (1813-73) pub. by Alfred Leon Lemercier, 1847 (litho), Gagarin, Grigori Grigorevich (1810-93) (after) / Private Collection / The Stapleton Collection / The Bridgeman Art Library

A detail of wall decoration of Iravan Sardar Palace (1828). Artist, V. Moshkov

Iravan Fortress 1796

A Postcard from early 20. century, - Rests of Palace of Sardar of Iravan on left side top compare to last picture

Khanate of Iravan ca. 1800

Iravan Fortress after earthquake ca. 1860

Mirza Gadim Iravani “Portrait of Rustam-Zal”. Republic of Georgia.

Tbilisi. Georgian State Museum of Art.

The author is Mirza Gadim Iravani (1825-1875), a prominent Azerbaijani artist.

This piece of art used to decorate the interiors of so-called “Sardar Khan Palace” built by the order of Huseyn Ali Khan in Iravan in 20. century. It was taken to Georgia after Armenians had destroyed the palace in the early XX century.

The artist was involved in renovation of the palace, which take place in 1850, made a number of new compositions. Portrait of Rustam-Zal”, a character from the epic work of Ferdowsi “Shahnameh” is one of them. The essence of the composition is featured by the character’s clothing and mellow gradation of background colors.

Battle in front of Fortress Sardar-Abad by G. Gagarin

Sardar-Abad Monument today near Sardar-Abad Fortress ruins