Khan oturan pilgrimage

Monument date:
XIII c.
Placement /
Previous toponym:

On the outs­kirts of Urud village, Gha­ra­­kilisa dist­rict, Zangazur mahal.

Placement /
Current toponym:

From 07.11.1995 Gafan, Sisian, Meghri, Gorus districts were canceled and Syunik district was formed. Gharakilisa district – 01. 03.1940, Sisian, Urud village since 03.07.1968 - Vorotan.

Classification:

Archi­tecture

Current situation

In the 1970s, representatives of the Hay-dash­nak herd put an iron plate on a piece of rock with the inscription "Da­vid Bey", as if one of the rob­ber's trenches was here.

Information:

To the south of the village, on a height of historical significance as an ancient hu­man settlement on the right bank of the river, a large piece of raft rock, more than 100 m high, in a bare mountainous area, was cal­led the Khan among the people, and was a place where the people's holy ark. There was also an idea spread in the mahal that during the mi­litary campaign of Guyuk (Goyuk) Khan (1206-1248), the grandson of Genghis Khan from the great Turkic dynasty, the eldest son and successor of Ogedey Khan (1206-1248) passed through Cent­ral Asia to the Caspian coastal areas and the Caucasus, Zangazur, on the banks of the Bazarchay River, was located here. cam­ped and sat on this stone to rest.

The sanctuaries, which are one of the elements that represent the separate cha­racteristics of the culture of the Oghuz-Tur­kic peoples, are examples of emo­tional and spiritual heri­ta­ge in historical lands.

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