This shrine complex, located in the Mardakan settlement of Baku, was built over the grave of Pir Hasan, about whom little detailed historical information is available. According to local traditions, Pir Hasan was engaged in a traditional healing practice known as “childagh” (a form of spiritual/ritual treatment), and this service is still offered at the shrine today. There is also a grave attributed to Khadija Khanum, the daughter of Imam Musa al-Kazim (peace be upon him), within the complex. These two graves are located in separate structures.
An inscription on the mausoleum reads:
“This blessed mausoleum belongs to Pir Hasan, a model of the most perfect people. It was built by Darvish al-Husayni during the reign of the great ruler Shah Abbas (may Allah make his sovereignty everlasting), in the year 1021 AH (1612–1613 CE).”
Near the Pir Hasan shrine, the prominent religious scholar Akhund Mirza Abu Turab (d. 1910) is also buried. The mausoleum over his grave was built by the Baku oil magnate M.Mukhtarov. Additionally, the sarcophagus-style graves of the philanthropist Haji Zeynalabdin Taghiyev and his daughter Sara Khanum are located here.
Sources
- M.X. Nemat, Sacred Shrines in Azerbaijan, pp. 117–118
- Azerbaijan: The Pearl of Islamic Culture, pp. 128–129
- Natiq Rahimov - Bibiheybet book