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ceramics including old ages. The settlement may be related to the 4‑1 millennium
B.C. 
Gumlug necropolis. The archaeological monument on the bank of Nasir‑
vazchay, near the settlement of the same name. Since the necropolis had been
placed on the slope near the Nasirvazchay, they were destroyed as a result of
natural weathering and grave stones had appeared on the sur‑face. This one
caused the grave monuments destroy. Having delivered water canal near the
necropolis it was seriously damaged. The graves were stone box typed and
built of two raft stones on the sides but on the head side with one big raft
stone. Big raft stones covering them fell down either to the sides or inside the
graves. While cleaning, pieces of pink and grey clay tableware were discovered.
Some of them had been prepared from clay mixed with fine sand and burnt
perfectly and outside was designed with hollow lines. One of clay tableware
pieces is pink outside but black colour inside. During investigations around
the necropolis pieces of little pot typed clay tableware of pink colour were dis‑
covered from the graves and the surrounding. The most strange discoveries
among the ones found from the destroyed graves in the necropolis are Khoja‑
li‑Gadabay type bronze daggers. These cultural samples being a part of the
Late Bronze and Early Iron Ages of Nahchivan prove the inhabitancy of
nomadic cattle breeding tribes around Gamigaya at the end of 2 millennium
B.C. These types of daggers characteristic for Khojali‑Gadabay culture is very
important in learning our old history. Typical samples of these daggers have
been found in Shahtakhti, Nahchivan, Munjuglutapa, Kolani and Boyahmad.
Discovering these daggers in Nahchivan proves that the Late Bronze and Early
Iron Ages culture of Nahchivan had too close relations with the old tribes that
inhabited the north and south of Azerbaijan. The influence of Khojali‑Gadabay
culture to Nahchivan and its spread here has been proved by the held investi‑
gations. Investigations show that the tribes belonging to Khojali‑Gadabay
culture had influenced on the events happened in Near East and Southern
Caucasus on the threshold of the 2‑1 millennium B.C., playing a very great role
in defending Nahchivan from foreign occupations. Investigations the monuments
having relation with this culture is seen in the bead belonging to Adadnirari,
ruler of Assur saying how it had appeared in Khojali.
Gumlug. Old settlement in the territory of Bist v. The settlement was es‑
tablished on the slope of a high mountain stretching toward Nahchivanchay.
The settlement area has been covered with wild fruit trees and remnants of
plants. Exploration excavations show that there wasn't left a cultural layer in

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the settlement. Material‑cultural remnants consist of stone tools and ceramic
samples thrown around. Stone tools mainly consist of grain stone pieces of
small sizes. Lower part of tuff grain stones is oval shaped but the upper part
flat shaped and as a result of using got etched and the upper surface of some
had became boat shaped. Most of the ceramic samples discovered from the
settlement consist of thick wall economic tableware pieces. The ceramic samples
were prepared from clay mixed with fine sand and burnt perfectly in pink
colour and engobed outside. Body of one clay tableware piece was surrounded
with uneven angle shaped belt. Being not gathered from a cultural layer in the
settlement shows that the tribes inhabited there lived half nomadic lives and
were busy with a summer pasture cattle breeding. Material‑cultural samples
discovered from the co‑period necropolis near the settlement show that this
culture has close relation with the tribes who bore the Khojali‑Gadabay culture.
The materials discovered are characteristic for the Late Bronze and Early Iron
Ages of the Nahchivan culture and belong to the 2 millennium B.C. 
Malik Ibrahim cemetery. The archaeological monument about the Middle
Ages, on the slope of Garadagh, in the E of Ordubad c. The territory of the ce‑
metery stretching from N to S is more than 2 ha. At present under use. A lot of
gravestones and grave tomb memorials of head stone types created manually
by the craftsmen of the Middle Ages remain in the cemetery up to today. Most
of those monuments have got inscriptions engraved in Arabic, Persian languages
of naskh, suls elements in naskh and nastalig handwritings. As a result of in‑
vestigation these inscriptions very rich information about The Middle Age
history and culture of Azer‑baijan and its different problems have been gained,
graves of a number of public figures‑states‑men, scientists, mystic Sheikhs,
craftsmen etc. names, titles, date of death have been certained. There are han‑
dicrafts of other masters together with Nahchivanies (e.g. Gazvin) in the
cemetery. The oldest grave inscription registered in the cemetery belongs to
Sheikh Abu Said who died (by Hijri calendar 759/1357). See the article, grave
of Sheikh Abu Said.
Nurgadik. The settlement about the Middle Ages, on the right bank of the
river of the same name, in the N direction from Dirnis v. Houses were square
shaped and had been built of stone. Houses are one, two and three‑roomed.
There are remnants of the building about the mosque on the bank of the river,
to the E of the village. Houses were built on the mountain slope at a certain
distance from one another. Balcony of the upper buildings open to the roof of
the down one. There are animal yards and shelters for ani‑mals inside the

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