This shrine, located in the village of Bulbula in Baku, is traditionally believed to be the burial place of Imamzadeh Muhammad Sadiq (peace be upon him), the son of Imam Musa al-Kazim (peace be upon him).
The shrine was destroyed in 1937, and its original inscription is currently displayed at the Historical and Ethnographic Exhibition of monuments opposite the Maiden Tower (Qız Qalası). The inscription reads:
“The construction of this great gate was ordered by Shaykh Najm al-Din, son of Shaykh Kamal, during the reign of the mighty Sultan Shah Abbas Husayni. Year 1033 AH.” (1623–1624 CE)
Archival documents and rare historical photographs reveal that the mausoleum measured 3.2 × 2.22 meters and was covered with a dome. Above the grave stood a stone sarcophagus, while an adjacent structure contained three additional graves, believed to belong to attendants of the Imamzadeh.
Attached to the northern wall of the mausoleum was a mosque building measuring 8.77 × 9.55 meters, which was also crowned with a dome. As was common with other shrine complexes, the Bulbula Imamzadeh complex was surrounded by a cemetery.
The mention of this shrine in A.A. Bakikhanov’s “Gulistan-i Iram” indicates that the Bulbula Imamzadeh was widely known and highly revered in earlier periods.¹
The shrine was rebuilt in the 1990s and is currently active, continuing to serve as a place of pilgrimage and worship.
¹. M.X. Nemat, Sacred Shrines of Azerbaijan, p.180–183
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