the dome is 2.7 m and diame­ter – 4.4 m. The dome is covered with blue tiling. The phrase The Blue Imam Sepulcher which is more common is due to the blue mosaic. The complex which covered a larger ter­ritory before turned into a shrine in the 17th century. Imamzada is more visited during religious holidays, especially du­ring the month of Ramadan. All Imam­zada sepulchers in Ganja, Nakhichevan, Barda and Nardaran were built in honor of the imam’s family. Each of them has its own history.

Jomard Gassab sepulcher

It is called Ganja’s “historical card”. Jo­mard Gassab’s grave was discovered du­ring archaeological excavations carried out in the 1940s. The sepulcher indicates that Ganja was a large city in the middle of the 7th century. The sepulcher is loca­ted on theright bank of the ancient Gan­ja River, one kilometer away from the ancient Ganja wall and south of the cur­rent train station. The octagon-shaped sepulcher was built from burnt bricks. It was destroyed in the 1970s and was fully rebuilt in its previous form in 2004.

Who is Jomard Gassab?

There are a lot of stories about Jomard Gassab who lived under Caliph Khalid Ali ibn Abu Talib who ruled in 656-661. It is believed that when the population of the city was pagan, Jomard adopted Islam. Without using scales, the butcher pro­nounced “Ya Ali” and cut meat so that no-one complained that he gave him less meat. Historical sources describe Jo­mard Gassab, who was known as a sup­porter of the law and an honest person who was loyal to