The dome of Seyid Mir Huseyn Agha

In the village of Sheki, Garakilese district, Zangezur district

The Garakilseh district was renamed Sisian on March 2, 1940.

Architecture

The dome of Seyid Mir Huseyin Agha, located in the cemetery of the village of Sheki, was destroyed by Armenians after the mass deportation of Azerbaijanis in 1988.

The dome of Seyid Mir Huseyn Agha, a well-known religious figure of the region, is located in the cemetery of the Sheki village of the Garakilese district. After the death of Seyid Mir Huseyn Agha, who was respected among the local population and had a great lineage, the dome, built by the wealthy people of the village and Seyid Mir Huseyn's relatives, was visited by the villagers. The length of the dome was 3.5, the width was 3.5, and the height was about 2.7-3 meters. The roof covering was oval and about 1 meter high. In 1831, 148 Azerbaijanis lived in the village, in 1873 - 445, in 1886 - 657, in 1897 - 1191, in 1908 - 1605, in 1914 - 1584. In August 1918, Azerbaijanis were subjected to the Armenian genocide and deported. Armenians who were resettled from abroad were settled here. After the establishment of Soviet power in present-day Armenia, the survivors were able to return to their villages. In 1922, 282 Azerbaijanis and 12 Armenians lived here, in 1926, 385 Azerbaijanis and 407 Armenians lived here, in 1931, 557 Azerbaijanis and 510 Armenians lived here. In November 1988, Azerbaijanis were completely deported. Now only Armenians live here.

The toponym is based on the Cimmerian word sak. Sheki is a phonetic variant of the ethnonym “sak // saka”. It is written that Sahl ibn Sumbat was the ruler of Sheki during the Albanian period. G. Geybullayev shows that the Turkic ethnonym saka also exists in the form of “shaka”. It is an ethnotoponym. It is a simple toponym in structure.