Tomb in Afandi village

In the village of Afandi (Afandikand) in Yeni Beyazid uezd of Iravan governorate (9 km south-east of the current Sevan district center, on the north-eastern shore of Goycha Lake

The district was Yelenovka in 1842, Sevan since 1935. Afandi village, from 04.01.1938 - Norashen (Yenikand)

Architecture

The tomb in the village of Afandi remained in its place until the mass deportation of Azerbaijanis in 1987-1991. Later it was destroyed by Armenians.

Different tribes of Turkic origin lived in the village of Afandi, descendants of the Azerbaijani people, and the tribe had its own cultural life and way of life. In the village, there was a tomb with an inscription on it, which is more similar to Zoroastrian temples in terms of architectural design, which is dated to the II-III centuries of our era. The stone inscription on the tomb is material evidence confirming the 2000year history of the settlement of the Oghuz Turks here. At the same time, this shows that the historical roots of the tomb culture among the population of Azerbaijan go back to ancient times.

Afandi is one of the 41 Turkish villages whose names have been neglected in I. Chopin's tables. The Armenians were not allowed to return to their homeland under the pretext of the need to unify the villages of "Rahmankandi" and "Afandi". This was aimed at reducing as much as possible the number of facts that act as a confirmation of the Oghuz Turk being the eternal owner of Goycha.