Tomb of Sheikh Ismayil Sirajaddin Shirvani

Shorayel mahal Aghbaba region, later center of Amasiya district, near Amasiya village

Amasiya district, Amasiya village

Architecture

The tomb of Sheikh Ismayil Sirajeddin Shirvani was burned together with the cemetery and mosque during the deportation of Azerbaijanis from the region in 1987-1991.

Sheikh Ismayil Sirajeddin Shirvani, one of the famous personalities of 19th century Azerbaijan, was born in Kurdamir village of Shamakhi Khanate in 1783. Sheikh Ismayil Sirajeddin Shirvani completed his education in Shamakhi, Turkey's Erzincan, Tokat, Burdur and Iraq's Baghdad madrasas, then returned to his homeland and taught science for seven years. Realizing that there is a truth behind science, Ismail Shirvani sets off again and goes to Baghdad with the desire to find a perfect murshid, where he becomes a disciple of Mawlana Khalid Baghdadi. In 1817, Ismayil Shirvani, who received a letter of permission from his murshid and returned to his homeland Kurdamir, worked there until he was expelled from Azerbaijan under the pressure of the Russian administration. In 1826, he first moved to Akhiska, and after the invasion of Akhiska by the Russians, he went to Anatolia and entered the protection of the Ottoman state. Ismail Shirvani, who settled in Amasiya in 1841, worked here until his death. Ismayil Shirvani's son, Shirvanizade Mehmet Rushdi Pasha, became the prime minister of the Ottoman state, and his other son, Ahmed Hulusi Afandi, became the governor of Istanbul. Ismail Shirvani died of cholera in 1848 and was buried in the Shamlar cemetery near the village of Amasiya. In 1869, Shirvanizadeh Mehmet Rushdi Pasha, who was the minister of internal affairs of the Ottoman state, built a tomb and a mosque on his father's grave. Inside the mausoleum, which is tall, dome-shaped, and spacious, there are the graves of Mawlana Ismayil Shirvani, his son Ahmad Hulusi Afandi, and his son-in-law Haji Isa Ruhi Afandi Shirvani. On the metal plate hanging from the wall of the tomb complex, Ismail Shirvani's biography and a separate letter of permission from Mawlana Khalid were given.

Sheikh Ismayil Sirajeddin Shirvani was considered one of the most highly educated clerics of his time. He trained people who played an important role in the political and social life of Azerbaijan. The tomb was visited by community representatives and local residents as a holy place until the deportation.