Карабахское ханство
Molla Panah Vagif, poet and also the "vizier" of the Khan of Karabakh, personally supervised and controlled the construction of Shusha fortress. Hasan Ali Khan Garadaghi, the historian of Karabakh Khanate, commented that "Several buildings in Shusha as well as Shusha fortress was built under the direct supervision of Molla Panah Vagif".