Sheykh Babi Yagub Mausoleum ( az, Şeyx Babı türbəsi) is a mausoleum in Babi village in the
Fuzuli District
Fuzuli District ( az, Füzuli rayonu) is one of the 66 districts of Azerbaijan. It is located in the south-west of the country and belongs to the Karabakh Economic Region. The district borders the districts of Khojavend, Aghjabadi, Beylagan, J ...
of the disputed
Karabakh region internationally recognized as a part of
Azerbaijan
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. The mausoleum was built in 1272.
It was heavily damaged by the
Armenian Armed Forces on 29 September 2020, during the
clashes with Azerbaijan.
Investigations
A.I.Brozgul wrongly dated a complex to the 12th century and I.P.Sheblykin mistakenly called the mausoleum “Shah Babali”. A kufi ligature on the mausoleum drew N.V.Khanikov's attention in the middle of the 19th century and he called the village “Babili” in his work and “Bab” in an album. But the ligature was written by Khanikov with mistakes and omissions. Later this ligature was fully decoded and included in the I volume of a publication of
Arabic
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Persian
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Azerbaijani language
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inscriptions of Azerbaijan.
In the summer of 2011, archaeological excavations of the mausoleum began by the order of the
Ministry of Culture and Tourism of Azerbaijan. Khagani Almammadov - leader of the expedition informed that ruins of Sheykh Babi khanegah were also found near the mausoleum, which had been initially used as a caravanserai and afterwards it was used as a mosque. According to his words, there were found 6 stone graves, which belonged supposedly to warriors. In one of the graves was a headless skeleton, in the other – a skeleton and arrowheads. It is planned to carry out restoration works at the completion of the excavations.
Architecture
The mausoleum is octahedral and the widths of the edges are 3 meters. The mausoleum is covered with an octahedral spherical cupola made of thin stone plates. Material is drafted stone (limestone).
Gallery
File:Şeyx Babı türbəsinin planı və en kəsiyi-001.jpg
File:Şeyx babı türbəsinin planı.jpg
See also
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Ahmadalilar Mausoleum
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Mausoleum of Seyid Yahya Bakuvi
The Mausoleum of Seyid Yahya Bakuvi was built in approximately 1457–1458, in Baku, Azerbaijan. The mausoleum is located in the centre of the middle yard of the Palace of the Shirvanshahs. Among local people it is known as the mausoleum of “derv ...
References
Literature
* Брозгуль А. И. Мавзолей в селе Бабы. — М.: ПАЭН, 1947.
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Buildings and structures completed in 1272
Islamic architecture
Mausoleums in Azerbaijan
Tourist attractions in Azerbaijan
Fuzuli District
Islamic mausoleums