Western Azerbaijan Heritage

On the high peak between Ari­mez moun­tain and Sarı valley, in the area of Gafan and Sisyan district of Zan­ga­zur mahal, near Kurud village.

Gharakilisa district since 02.03.1940 was named Sisian, Kurud village since 11.7.1995 - Karut.

Archi­tecture

Jidalı pir was abandoned after the deportation of Azerbaijanis in 1988. The last photo of the pir was taken by teacher Mur­vat Hajiyev.

Cidali Piri, one of the oldest places of faith in Zangazur mahal, is located on the highest peak between Arimez Moun­tain and Sarı Dera in Gafan District and Sisyan District. In 1334, Ottoman sultan Orkhan Gazi exiled his uncle Dundar and Jidal to Alagoz plateau in Chuk­hur­saed. They lived there, met the mercy of the truth in those mountains, and are bu­ried there. After their death, their graves become shrines. Turks and Azerbaijanis living in Zangazur would visit these gra­ves and make sacrifices every year. When the childless families recovered from that pir and had children, they gave those names to their children.

The places of worship in Ji­da­li Pir and Zan­gazur are con­sidered as va­luable elements of material and cultural heritage as religious-mys­tical, sacral-historical mo­nu­ments belon­ging to the peop­le of Azer­baijan.