The mausoleum was originally part of a medieval Armenian church structure, monastery, and pilgrimage site dating back to the 12th or 13th-century.

[3] 19th century Russian and European sources such as the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary and John Foster Fraser noted that the local Armenians considered it a holy place.

[4][5] James Theodore Bent in his 1986 The Contemporary Review described the site as a popular Christian Armenian shrine.

A new modern Islamic mausoleum was constructed by the Republic of Azerbaijan over the former tomb-mausoleum; reflecting the state-sponsored denial of Armenian’s contribution to the history of the region.

A portrait describing the mausoleum of Noah 100 years ago painted by Bahruz Kangarli is saved in the National Art Museum of Azerbaijan.