Pir Khidir Zinda
Azerbaijani: Xıdır Zində piri | |
 The mausoleum in 2009 | |
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| 40°57′20″N 49°13′56″E / 40.955447°N 49.232205°E | |
| Location | Beşbarmaq, Siyazan rayon, Azerbaijan |
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| Type | Mausoleum |
| Dedicated to | Khidir[clarification needed] |
The Pir Khidir Zinda (Azerbaijani: Xıdır Zində piri), also called Khidir Zunja and Beshbarmag-piri, is a mausoleum, pilgrimage site, and sacred place for Muslims, located on the slopes of Beşbarmaq rock, in the Siyazan rayon of Azerbaijan.[1]
The mausoleum site is located within the “Beshbarmag Mountain” State Historical Cultural and Nature Reserve, proclaimed in 2020.[2][3]
The mausoleum and pilgrimage site becomes especially crowded in summer. It is appropriate and compulsory to wash hands with holy water flowing from mountain springs prior to approaching the mausoleum.[4]
History
[edit]The site is considered to be the meeting place of the prophets Moses and Khidir.[5]
For drivers and passengers going from Baku to the northern districts of Azerbaijan, including to Siyazan, Quba, Qusar, Khachmaz and Nabran, and to Russia along the Baku-Rostov highway, the nearby village of Beshbarmag is often the first destination, with a fuel station and resting place located in the village. In the village there are shops, cafés and restaurants, located near the white-stone mosque, several hundred meters below the Pir Khidir Zinda mausoleum.
Legends about Khizir
[edit]According to one of widely spread legends, Khidir served in the army of Alexander the Great and helped the great commander to find a spring of fresh water in the outskirts of Beshbarmag Mountain.[6][a]
Gallery
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An inscription on the door of the mausoleum -
The mausoleum dome in 2014, top right of the image, relative to Beşbarmaq, with part of the village in the foreground -
The mausoleum relative to Beşbarmaq in 2018
See also
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Notes
[edit]- ^ According to another version, it is in Middle Asia.[citation needed]
References
[edit]- ^ "Besh Barmak". megalithic.co.uk.
- ^ "Decree of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan on the establishment of the "Beshbarmag Mountain" State Historical-Cultural and Nature Reserve" (Press release). President of Azerbaijan. June 8, 2020. Retrieved December 27, 2024.
- ^ "Гора Бешбармаг включена в список исторических и культурных памятников". www.anl.az (in Russian). 2020. Retrieved August 30, 2021.
- ^ "Xidir zinda (Beshbarmaq)" (photos). zamnoy.com (in Azerbaijani).
- ^ "Besbarmaq mistikasi Peygemberlerin gorus mekani, muqeddes ziyaretgah, tarixi istehkam…". Azerbaijan News (in Azerbaijani). 2022. Retrieved December 27, 2024.
- ^ "Легенда о Святом Хызре". e-samarkand.narod.ru (in Russian).
External links
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Media related to Hidir Zinja Mausoleum at Wikimedia Commons