The Pir Khidir Zinda (Azerbaijani: Xıdır Zində piri), also called Khidir Zunja and Beshbarmag-piri, is a mausoleum, pilgrimage site, and sacred place for Muslims, located on the slopes of Beşbarmaq rock, in the Siyazan rayon of Azerbaijan.
[1] The mausoleum site is located within the “Beshbarmag Mountain” State Historical Cultural and Nature Reserve, proclaimed in 2020.
It is appropriate and compulsory to wash hands with holy water flowing from mountain springs prior to approaching the mausoleum.
[5] For drivers and passengers going from Baku to the northern districts of Azerbaijan, including to Siyazan, Quba, Qusar, Khachmaz and Nabran, and to Russia along the Baku-Rostov highway, the nearby village of Beshbarmag is often the first destination, with a fuel station and resting place located in the village.
In the village there are shops, cafés and restaurants, located near the white-stone mosque, several hundred meters below the Pir Khidir Zinda mausoleum.