Zeyvə (also, Zeyva and Zaviya) is a village and municipality in the

Sharur District Sharur District () is one of the 7 districts of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic of Azerbaijan. The district borders the districts of Kangarli, Sadarak, as well as the Vayots Dzor and Ararat provinces of Armenia and the West Azerbaijan Prov ...

of Nakhchivan,

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. It is located near of the Nakhchivan-Sadarak highway, 3 km in the north-west from the district center, on the plain. Its population is mainly, busy with farming and animal husbandry. There are secondary school, library, club, mosque and a medical center in the village. It has a population of 2,526.

Etymology

In the document of the 1728, the village was registered with the name of Əhmədpaşa zaviyəsi (Ahmadpasha zawiya). Zeyva is derived from the

Arabic Arabic (, , or , ) is a Central Semitic languages, Central Semitic language of the Afroasiatic languages, Afroasiatic language family spoken primarily in the Arab world. The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) assigns lang ...

word of ''Zawiya'' and used in meaning "cell", "temple", "corner", "angle". In certain periods, including the

Safavid The Guarded Domains of Iran, commonly called Safavid Iran, Safavid Persia or the Safavid Empire, was one of the largest and longest-lasting Iranian empires. It was ruled from 1501 to 1736 by the Safavid dynasty. It is often considered the begi ...

era the clergymen were considered of privileged groups. The ''Əxizaviyəsi'' (15th century), ''Bibiheybət'' (17th) in the

Kürdəxanı Kürdəxanı (also, Kurdakhany) is a settlement and municipality in Sabunchu district of Baku, Azerbaijan. History Earliest settlements in Kurdakhany are believed to be dated at least two millennia ago, which is supported by archeological arti ...

(Kurdakhani) are the memories of that period. The places named ''Zeyva'', were the places which built the beyond from the people, for the clergymen, ascetics (they were called ''zaviyənişin'').''Encyclopedic dictionary of Azerbaijan toponyms''. In two volumes. Volume I. p. 304. Baku: "East-West". 2007. .

Historical and archaeological monuments

Zeyva Necropolis

Zeyva Necropolis - the archaeological monument of the first

Iron Age The Iron Age () is the final epoch of the three historical Metal Ages, after the Chalcolithic and Bronze Age. It has also been considered as the final age of the three-age division starting with prehistory (before recorded history) and progre ...

near of the same named village of Sharur region. It was found during construction work. Examples of pottery (mainly, cooked cup in gray color, bowl and jug-type containers and their various parts) are collected at the result of archaeological research. The findings are kept in the History and Ethnography Museum of Sharur rayon. The materials of Zeyva Necropolis finds to itself in a wide analogy among the monuments (''I and II

Kültəpə Kültəpə (also rendered as ''Kultepe, Aşağı Gültəpə, Gültəpə, Kyul'tepe, Kul'tepe'', and ''Kultepe-1'') is a settlement dating from the Neolithic, a village and municipality in the Babek District of Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic, ...

, Sarı dərə, Kolanı, Şahtaxtı'') of the first

of Nakhchivan. Zeyva necropolis is supposed to have belongs to the 1st millennium of BC.

References

* Populated places in Sharur District Archaeological sites in Nakhchivan {{Nakhchivan-geo-stub