Xanağa (also Khanagha, known as Çapayevka until 2000) is a municipality and village in the

Ordubad District Ordubad District () is one of the 7 districts of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic of Azerbaijan. The district borders the district of Julfa, as well as the Syunik Province of Armenia, and the East Azerbaijan Province of Iran. Its capital and la ...

of Nakhchivan,

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. It is located near the Ordubad-Vanand highway, 14 km in the north-west from the district center, on the left bank of the

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. Its population is busy with gardening, farming and animal husbandry. There are secondary school, club, library and a medical center in the village. It has a population of 665. It forms part of the municipality of

Vənənd Vənənd is a village and municipality in the Ordubad District of Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan. It is located in the near of the Ordubad-Unus highway, 17 km in the north-west from the district center, on the bank of the Vanandchay river. People of ...

Etymology

The name of the village is most likely related with the sanctuary ('' Khaneghah'') in its territory. Generally, ''Khanegahs'' is in the meaning of "place of dervishes", were built on the sacred places.''Encyclopedic dictionary of Azerbaijan toponyms''. In two volumes. Volume II. p. 304. Baku: "East-West". 2007. .

Khanagha Piri

Khanagha Piri - Sanctuary in the Khanagha village of Ordubad region. It consists of the building of two-rooms on the north side of the village. There is a grave in the center of the big room which is covered with the black coating. Over of the grave built with stones in height of about 20 sm. At the right and left side of the window on the south wall of the sanctuary, about 1 m height in the two alcoves was laid the gravestones from the greenish stone. At the right side, in the inscription in

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of the gravestone (70х40 sm) was engraved the

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verse, deceased's name and date of death: ''"This is the grave of the late Syed Tahir son of the Syed Ali. At the date of seven hundred and seven"'' (in 1308). At the left side, on the gravestone (59х37 sm) on the 7-line inscription in

was indicated that this is the grave of Sheikh Islam son of the Sheikh Nureddin. From the gravestones it becomes clear that the grave which built and plastered in fact at the past it has consisted from the two graves.

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scientist ''V. M. Sısoyev'' (in 1926) has confirmed the information about existence of the two graves in 20 cm away from each other, in the size of 3,25х1,25 m in large room of the sanctuary. It allows to be supposed that in the past, there was Khaneghah (place for dervishes) which belonged to one of the

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sects in place of this sanctuary.

References

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* Populated places in Ordubad District {{Nakhchivan-geo-stub