Muslim tomb in Takiya village

Monument date:
XVI-XVII c.
Placement /
Previous toponym:

In Echmiadzin uezd, Iravan Go­vernorate, and later in Takiya village in Ashtarak district.

Placement /
Current toponym:

Äshtarak dist­rict Ashtarak, Takiya village from 1.12.1949 was named Baz­makhpyur.

Classification:

Architec­ture

Current situation

The door of the tomb was dis­mantled, from the right edge and a piece 10 cm from the up­per part and 20 cm (approxi­ma­tely) from the lower part were broken off with the Arabic insc­rip­­tion on it.

Information:

The Muslim tomb in Takiya village is built in a square shape and its wall is covered with square marble stones. The tomb is about 5 meters wide and 4 me­ters high. The tomb has an iron gate 0.80 cm wide and 1.0-2 meters high. On the top of the door, there are inscriptions in red letters in the Arabic alphabet on a red board. Only Azerbaijanis lived in the village: 155 people in 1831, 398 in 1873, 582 in 1886, 635 in 1897, 725 in 1908, 768 in 1914, 587 in 1916, and 428 in 1919. In 1919-1920, Armenians from Mush, Khut and Khlat governorates of Turkey were moved here. After the es­tab­lishment of the Soviet government in Armenia, the surviving Azerbaijanis we­re able to return to their ancestral homes and lands. Along with Armenians, 179 Azerbaijanis lived here in 1922, 175 in 1926, and 227 in 1931. In 1831-1931, by a special decision of the USSR Council of Ministers, Azerbaijanis were deported from their historical-ethnic lands and moved to Azerbaijan in 1948-1953. Ar­me­nians live now. In the "Dictionary of Toponyms of Armenia and Surroun­ding Governorates" published in 1986, stated that not Azerbaijanis, but Arme­nians lived in the village in 1831-1931. This is a distortion of historical fact. The above statistical facts show that Arme­nians were moved to the village after 1918.

The toponym was formed on the basis of a single ethno­nym of Turkish origin. Ethno­to­ponym, is a simp­le toponym in structure. The ancient Mus­­lim tomb shows that the village is the ho­­meland of Azerbaijanis.

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