Ahmad bin Gasim’s tomstone monument
In the AshagiGaranlig City-type settlement on the shore of Goycha Lake in Yeni-Bayazid uezd, Iravan Governorate.
Ashagi Garanlig was included in the territory of Martuni since 1926, and in the territory of Gegharkunik governorate since 7.11.1995
Architecture
These monuments, which are the legacy of the ancient state of Azerbaijan, Garagoyunlu, were destroyed by Armenians
In the village of Ashagi Garanlig, in the area called the old cemetery, there is a tombstone of the Oghuz bey Ahmed ibn Gasim of the Garagoyunlu state248. On the tombstone of Ahmed ibn Gasim (1540-1575), four figures of rams of different sizes, a domed tomb, a water tank and a sun figure are depicted in the stone frame decorated with patterns. The toponym has adopted the suffix -liq, which means "hill" and "rock" in Turkish, and based on the word “gara (black)” and means "hilly, mountainous, rocky place"249. The "n" between the word black and the suffix -hq acts as a closing consonant. The village is located in a rocky, mountainous area. The terrain of the village matches its name. The word "ashagi (down)" in the toponym means a distinctive sign.