Shakhandan () is the oldest of the three surviving ancient cemeteries of the city of Shamakhi, Azerbaijan. It is located in the southwestern part of the city. The brother of the famous 15th century poet Nasimi, the poet Shakhandan (Shakhandan, Shah-i khandan), is supposedly buried here, and the cemetery bears his name.
Shakhandan () is the oldest of the three surviving ancient cemeteries of the city of Shamakhi, Azerbaijan. It is located in the southwestern part of the city. The brother of the famous 15th century poet Nasimi, the poet Shakhandan (Shakhandan, Shah-i khandan), is supposedly buried here, and the cemetery bears his name.
== Description and study == According to the local residents, Shahide-khandan (handsome merry man) was the nickname of Nasimi's brother, and the cemetery is named after him, since he was buried here. In Shakhandan, the ruins of an octagonal mausoleum were discovered. Inside the mausoleum there are two graves, the headstone of one is slightly deepened into the ground. As a result of the atmospheric influences, the inscriptions were completely erased. On the reverse side of the deepened tombstone there is an image characteristic of the gravestones of Azerbaijan of the 14-15th centuries. The Azerbaijani archaeologist Huseyn Jiddi notes that this is probably the grave of "Shahide-Khandan" - Nasimi's brother. If this is true, then according to Jiddi, in the 14-15th centuries, the city's cemetery was located in this area. This is partly confirmed by other tombs of the 15th-16th centuries that are placed there. Many ancient gravestones of the cemetery have been lost, while some are underground.
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