Seyid Oruj Shrine

­­­­ ­­ ­­­­  ­­­­ In the village of Zod (its first name was Bashkalaf from the 3rd–5th centuries to the end of the 14th century (1387–1388), until the beginning of the 15th century (1400), and in 1813–1814 it was Veliagha) of the Basarkechar district of the Goycha region.

Basarkecher district – since 11.06.1969 Var­denis, Zod village since 09.04.1991 

Architecture

 In ­­­­ 1987-1991, after the political crisis of ­the Azerbaijanis­­­, the Seyid Fasting Center, one of ­their sacred places of faith­, was built on the Mount of Terror­.

Seyid Oruj Piri is one of the ancient ­­places that is located in the village of Zod, which is one of the historical territories inhabited by the Azerbaijani ­people­­, and is constantly visited­ by the  population from the local and surrounding villages­. It is known among the population­ as the S-Silk Pier. Just as the Armenians were still ­occupying­ our lands, they ­did not­ hesitate to ­loot our­­ cultural­ heritage, art, historical monument s­and sacred places­ of pilgrimage. In the Goycha basin, it is found in the village of São Paulo, which was ­­compiled by ­I.Sho Pen at that time, which was considered suitable for ­the­ development of the country­. According to official data, at that time, Zod was a purely Turkish village in terms of its ethnic composition, with a population of 425­ people. In 1873 the population­­ of the village increased to 905 people, in 1897 it was 1588 people. In 1905-1907 the massacres­­­ of the village had about 100 houses, about 300-350 inhabitants, and in 1914 there were 1988 inhabitants. In  1918-1920, the deportation of the village had ­200-230 houses, and the population of about 800-1000­individuals. In 1948-1953, there were 125 houses in ­De­portation Zama­Din­. Around 500 people live in the ­Bay­­­­ Area.­ The population of the village was 400-450 houses, and 1600-2000­were­­­ inhabited. ­­ During the deportation­ in 1988-1991­, the ­villagers­ were completely displaced from their ­native land s­­and became refuges­. And the people of the village were gathered ­in Baku, Ganja, Khanlar (present-day Goygol), Samukh and other places­. ­­­­ To this day, the people of the village still live in the rural areas­. It has a population of 650–700 people and a population of about 4,700­ people[i].

 According to some sources­, "Zod" in the ancient Turkic languages­ also­­ means "a place of home, a place of residence inhabited on­ a high mountainous­ place." According to another explanation­­, the Albanian historian­­­ ­­­­ ­­Musa ­­Kalankatli wrote in the middle of the ­first century­ AD that the Alba­was written­ in the middle of the first century AD among the tribes of Savdey / Tsavdey, the 5th century Armenian ­writer Moisey Khore.­Nasi Sod is named after­ Thai Fas, and it is mentioned that he was the descendant of the Albanian Tsar Tara­­lin­­­­­­. This is ­not­ the first time that the name of the tribe has been found in the name of the Zod topony­­­­­ in Goycha Mahal.