Bayıl
Bayıl (also Bailov, Bajilow, Bailowo from Russian Баилов, Баилово ) is a peninsula in a district of the same name in the Azerbaijani capital Baku , on which the ruins of a small fortress are located.
history
The fortress was built in 1234/35 by the Shirvan builder Abu Raschid ibn Dajd-ad-din. It was probably destroyed by an earthquake and was covered by water for many centuries. After the water level of the Caspian Sea fell, it was discovered by the Russian orientalist I. Beresin in the 1870s. This was followed by excavations.
Works of art
Remains of decorations were unearthed in the ruins, such as a several-meter-long frieze that probably ran around the castle walls and towers. In addition, several hundred stone tablets with Persian inscriptions, which are decorated with depictions of people and animals. This representation is special for the Islamic art of Azerbaijan. Raschid's panels were probably made in other places and later brought to the fortress. Stylistically, they show similarities with Georgian, Armenian, Dagestani or Russian carvings from the 13th century. The jewelry shown shows Sassanid influence.
literature
- Ilona Turánsky, Károly Gink: Azerbaijan - palaces, towers, mosques . Corvina, Budapest 1980 (German by Tilda and Paul Alpári).
