The ancient Muslim cemetery (Azerbaijani: Qədim müsəlman qəbiristanlığı) is a medieval cemetery located until the second half of the 19th century in the northwest of the Baku fortress.

This decision was protested by Muslims, in connection with which the Duma decided to enclose the Muslim cemetery with a fence and to allocate a more convenient place for the construction of the cathedral.

Consequently, in 1898, when digging the pit for the foundation of the future cathedral, were discovered ancient burials in the form of stone boxes located in several rows, one above the other, as well as a grave in the form of a large tendir.

[3] On 8 October 1888, in Baku, in the presence of the Emperor Alexander III and the Tsarevich Nicholas, took place a solemn ceremony of laying the foundation stone of the Baku Cathedral, later named the Alexander Nevsky Cathedral.

The prototype of the cathedral served the church in New Athos whose author was the academician Robert Marfeld, who became the architect of the Baku temple.