Kalakhana

a village near the city of Shemakha in the Azer-baijan SSR. A 17th-century memorial complex has been pre-served in Kalakhana. It consists of eight stone mausoleums, octahedral and covered with pyramidal marquees. Each mauso-leum is set in the center of a little courtyard, enclosed by wallswith a portal. On one of the mausoleums, the date of construc-tion and name of the builder are indicated (1663–64, AbdulAzim).