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Bender shahin pir

Monument date
VII-VIII c.
Placement
Previous toponym

It is located in the village of Sha­hercik, on the left bank of the Okchu Ri­ver, in Gafan district of Zan­gazur mahal, 7 km north of the district center.

Placement
Current toponym

In Armenian sour­ces it is presented as Shgharshik

Classification

Archi­tecture

Current situation

Bandar Shah's tomb and stone inscription are preserved until the present ti­me.

Information

There is a tomb of the Bandar king from the VII-VIII centuries in the Shahercik village cemetery. This place in the lower part of the cemetery, with the grave of Bandar Shah and a stone inscription with cuneiform signs on it, is known as Ban­dar Shah's Piri. It points to the antiquity of the history of Oguz governorate.

It reflects the antiquity of the history of Oguz governorate.