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"In 13th Century, the ruling Shirvanshah who had a serious illness came and prayed at the grave of this lady and got well. He decided to move her body and build a mosque on her grave. She is buried in this mosque with some members of her family.” On the other side of the road from the Bi-bi Heybat Mosque was the cemetery our guide referred to, “the most ancient in the suburbs of Baku.”

Photo essay: The ongoing formation of the Republic of Azerbaijan

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