Mir Davud mausoleum

Yelizavetpol (Ganja) Gover­norate, Zanga­zur uezd, in Pirjavidan vil­lage, present-day Gafan dist­rict.

Later, the village was merged with Gejalan city and abolished as a special settle­ment.

Architec­ture

These mauso­leums were completely destroyed by the Armenians in order to erase the traces of Azerbaijanis from the re­gion.

At the end of the 19th century, there was Mir Davud mausoleum, the grandson of the 8th Imam Reza, in Pirjavidan village of Zangazur. This area was famous as Pir Davidan village of Zangazur mahal. The ancient name of the area and sources in­dicate the historical heritage of Azer­baijan in Pir Davudan village. Pir pilgrim­ma­ge and sacred places reflect various as­pects of the everyday life of the Azer­baijani people, clarify the history, topo­ny­my of the people, issues of ethnogenesis, illuminate a number of issues related to the cultural life of Azerbaijan.

Toponyms are the most con­sistent docu­ment that shows the formation of ethnos in a spe­cific geograp­hi­cal space.