Baba Samid Mausoleum


Baba Samid Mausoleum is a Safavid era tomb.

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, 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 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 Aghasi Khan's children, the khan of Shirvan, and his 3rd wife Khadijakhanum khanum were buried there.