Noah's Mausoleum (Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan)

Noah's Mausoleum
Nuh peyğəmbərin türbəsi
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LocationNakhchivan, Azerbaijan
TypeMausoleum
Beginning date8th century
Dedicated toNoah

The Tomb of Prophet Noah (Azerbaijani: Nuh peyğəmbər türbəsi) or Noah's Mausoleum (Armenian: Նոյի գերեզման) is a mausoleum in the city of Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan. Architecture of the construction is dated from the 8th century.[1] As, according to Armenian tradition, Nakhchivan was founded by Noah.[2]

Noah's tomb is located in the town of Nakhchivan. The mausoleum was originally part of a medieval Armenian church structure, monastery, and pilgrimage site dating back to the 12th or 13th-century.[3] 19th century Russian and European sources such as the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary and John Foster Fraser noted that the local Armenians considered it a holy place.[4][5] James Theodore Bent in his 1986 The Contemporary Review described the site as a popular Christian Armenian shrine.[6] The original Armenian structure was destroyed by the Soviets in 1953. A new modern Islamic mausoleum was constructed by the Republic of Azerbaijan over the former tomb-mausoleum; reflecting the state-sponsored denial of Armenian’s contribution to the history of the region.[3]

The current mausoleum was built in 2006. The tomb consists of the remains of the lower storey of a former temple. There is a ladder leading to a burial vault. There is a stone column in the middle of the vault. According to legend, relics of Noah are under this column. A portrait describing the mausoleum of Noah 100 years ago painted by Bahruz Kangarli is saved in the National Art Museum of Azerbaijan.

  • Postcard of the Russian Empire
    Postcard of the Russian Empire
  • Postcard of the Russian Empire
    Postcard of the Russian Empire
  • Mausoleum in the portrait by Behruz Kangarli, the early 20th century
    Mausoleum in the portrait by Behruz Kangarli, the early 20th century
  • Postage stamp of Azerbaijan, 2010
    Postage stamp of Azerbaijan, 2010

See also

References

  1. ^ "В Нахичевани будет отреставрирован мавзолей пророка Ноя". Interfax. Archived from the original on 2018-01-22. Retrieved 2013-01-07.
  2. ^ "A Regime Conceals Its Erasure of Indigenous Armenian Culture". 18 February 2019.
  3. ^ a b Esche-Ramshorn, Christiane (2021). "4 Colonies: A Mercantile "Colonisation"". East-West Artistic Transfer Through Rome, Armenia and the Silk Road: Sharing St. Peter's. United Kingdom: Routledge. doi:10.4324/9781003204619-5. ISBN 9781000434637.
  4. ^ Fraser, John Foster (1925) [1899]. Round the World on a Wheel (5th ed.). London: Methuen. p. 90. In time we reached Nachitchevan and visited Noah's tomb. It is a featureless, mud-covered building that the Armenians regard as holy.
  5. ^ Massalski, Władysław [in Russian] (1897). "Нахичевань". Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary Volume XXa (in Russian). pp. 704–705. online view "По преданию, основан Ноем, гробница которого показывается местными армянами."
  6. ^ "A Regime Conceals Its Erasure of Indigenous Armenian Culture". 18 February 2019.
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