Baba Samid Mausoleum

Baba Samid Mausoleum (Azerbaijani: Baba Samid məqbərəsi) is a tomb belonging to the Safavid period.

Baba Samid Mausoleum
Baba Samid məqbərəsi
Religion
AffiliationIslam
RegionSabirabad District
OwnershipSafavid Empire
Location
LocationShykhlyar
CountryAzerbaijan
Architecture
StyleShirvan-Absheron architecture
Date established1585

History

The tomb is located on the side of the highway in Shykhlyar village of Sabirabad District. The first 3 lines of the 9-line inscription of Baba Samid Mausoleum written in Arabic and Persian contain Surah XIX, verses 31-32 from the Quran. Lines 4-5 praise Ali, and the other 4 lines day "It was built for the head of the Sayyids (here sayyid means "great"), the source of happiness Baba Samid ibn Bektash ibn Sultan Ali ibn Hadrat Musa Arriza" in the month of Dhu al-Qadah in 993 AH (1585 CE)[1] by the order of Shirvan beylerbeyi Abdollah Khan Ustajlu during the reign of Safavid Shah I Tahmasib.

Baba Samid is a Shia sect of Sufis widespread in medieval Azerbaijan and Turkey.

Graves

Some of the children of Aghasi Khan (Ismail bey, Hashim Khan, Jafar bey, Abdulla bey, Mehdi bey), the khan of Shirvan, and his 3rd wife Khadijakhanum khanum were buried there.[2]

References
  1. "Управление делами Президента Азербайджанской Республики. Административно-территориальное деление. С. 120" (PDF).
  2. Под ред. А. Д. Берже (1873). Акты, собранные Кавказской Археографической комиссией : [В 12-ти т.] / Арх. гл. упр. наместника Кавк.; Под общ. ред. А. Д. Берже. - Тифлис : Тип. гл. упр. Наместника Кавк., 1866-1904. Т. 5 : [1811-1816] / Под ред. А. Д. Берже. - 1873. - 1170 с. Тифлис: Акты, собранные Кавказской Археографической комиссией : [В 12-ти т.]. - Тифлис, 1866-1904.
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