Baba Samid Mausoleum

Baba Samid Mausoleum (Azerbaijani: Baba Samid məqbərəsi) is a tomb belonging to the Safavid period.

Baba Samid Mausoleum Baba Samid məqbərəsi
Religion
Affiliation	Islam
Region	Sabirabad District
Ownership	Safavid Empire
Location
Location	Shykhlyar
Country	Azerbaijan
Geographic coordinates	40°04′12″N 48°33′23″E
Architecture
Style	Shirvan-Absheron architecture
Date established	1585

History

The tomb is located on the side of the highway in Shykhlyar village of Sabirabad District. The first 3 lines of the 9-line inscription of Baba Samid Mausoleum written in Arabic and Persian contain Surah XIX, verses 31-32 from the Quran. Lines 4-5 praise Ali, and the other 4 lines day "It was built for the head of the Sayyids (here sayyid means "great"), the source of happiness Baba Samid ibn Bektash ibn Sultan Ali ibn Hadrat Musa Arriza" in the month of Dhu al-Qadah in 993 AH (1585 CE) by the order of Shirvan beylerbeyi Abdollah Khan Ustajlu during the reign of Safavid Shah I Tahmasib.

Baba Samid is a Shia sect of Sufis widespread in medieval Azerbaijan and Turkey.

Graves

Some of the children of Aghasi Khan (Ismail bey, Hashim Khan, Jafar bey, Abdulla bey, Mehdi bey), the khan of Shirvan, and his 3rd wife Khadijakhanum khanum were buried there.