Akhmaqaya is an ancient and historic district in southwestern of
Tabriz. Akhmaqaya has a great and old cemetery which has hundreds of old carved tombstones and ram sculptures. The largest of these tombstones belongs to Khajeh Amineddin Sadaqeh, that has been dug beautiful inscriptions in
Thuluth script on the upper margin of its walls.
Akhmaqaya in
Azerbaijani language
Azerbaijani () or Azeri (), also referred to as Azeri Turkic or Azeri Turkish, is a Turkic language from the Oghuz sub-branch spoken primarily by the Azerbaijani people, who live mainly in the Republic of Azerbaijan where the North Azerbaija ...
means "shedding rock".
Sources
Akhmaqaya Cemetery
{{Districts of Tabriz
Districts of Tabriz