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25 December, 2012
Case of Koran and religious books belonging to Gaji Zeynalabdin Tagiyev are demonstrated at the exposition of the museum

A new window has been added to exposition of the famous Azerbaijani millionaire and philanthropist Haji Zeynalabdin Tagiyev’s house museum at ANAS History Museum of Azerbaijan.. Case of Koran and religious books belonging to Gaji Zeynalabdin Tagiyev are demonstrated at the exposition. The case of Koran was made by silver, decorated with


enamel and precious stones. Masters designed a medallion with 7 large and 6 small ruby stones, 8 emerald stones, and the second medallion with 8 large and 6 small rubies, 6 emerald stones. “Bukhareyi sharif tohfe” ("A gift from Bukhara governor") writing with Arabic script and “1225” calendar year was in the case with 1850 grams weight. Two Islamic values “Kashf-ul heqaiq” ("The discovery of truth") books have been added to the window. The documents of the objects given to the museum in 1935 had found by employees of the museum in 2012. Thus, according to the director of Special fund of the museum Afet Rustembeyova’s investigations the above-mentioned items had given to Gaji Zeynalabdin Tagiyev by his friend, emir of Bukhara Seyid Əbdulahad Khan.