Molla Geyib pir

Monument date:
XVII-XVIII c
Placement /
Previous toponym:

It is located in the village of Sofulu on the left bank of the Ayri river, bet­ween the villa­ge of Dastagird and the village of Murkhuz, in the Garakilsa district of Zan­ga­zur mahal, 18 km south­west of the cen­ter.

Placement /
Current toponym:

The name of So­fulu village was changed to Sisyan on 09.04.1991 

Classification:

Archi­tecture

Current situation

During the So­viet period, Ar­me­nians carried the ancient sto­nes to the dist­rict center by truck. After the deportation in 1988, Molla Ge­­yib Pir was destroyed

Information:

The grave and tomb of Molla Geyib, one of the famous religious figures of the village, is located in the Sofulu village cemetery. Molla Geyib was a friend of Sheikh Efendi (Nigari). There was a mosque with a very ancient history in the village. There is a mollakhana near the mosque. The last mollakhana’s teacher was Haji Ismayil. This mosque was destroyed in the 30s of Soviet rule. In many places around the village, there were ram-imaged stones with inscrip­tions on them.

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