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Sheykh Dursun mausoleum
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    Kovluj village road, Aghsu, AZ0600
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Sheikh Darsun’s Tomb is located close to Aghsu city. This eight-sided pyramid built of white stone is an amazing handicraft monument. The width of each side of the Tomb is 1.6 meters; the height is 3 meters. The upper part of he Tomb is in the form of a prism in accordance with the body part. The monument was built in simple but a very skilful style. The door consists of three polished stones: two in the sides and one at the upper part of the door. In general, the tomb had been built from white stone. There is a two-line inscription which contains a beautiful writing which says that Ehmed Padar son’s Sheikh Dursun was buried in the Tomb in summer 1399.

Persons buried in the famous "Seven domes" in Kalakhana village of Shamakhy region are from his 32 generations. There is writing in the fund of Russian orientalist academic B.Domun about the sheikhs of Shamakhy: "Sheyx Dursun’s generation is from Shirvan, from Khanchobani region. He is from Padar kin. Sheikh Dursun ibn Ehmed Padar was an honorable person; his children were buried in the west side of Kalakhana inside of seven famous domes".

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