Career
The influence, which he has rendered on his contemporaries and followers, is reflected in monuments of Nakhchivan architecture. Yusif ibn Kuseyir tomb
One of the ancient monuments created by Ajami is the tomb of Yusif ibn Kuseyir, known as "Atababa". The ayats (verses) from Koran are inscribed on the walls of the monument.
Date of construction of this mausoleum (1161-1162 AD) was defined from its traditional built-in plate or katiba.
This eight-sided mausoleum consists of the underground plinth burial place (sardaba, Persian: سردابه or cellar) and its on-ground top. Each side of this construction is decorated with various ornaments.
Momine Khatun Mausoleum
Masterpiece of Ajami is the Momina-Khatun"s mausoleum, also known as the Atabey"s Cupola - Atabei Gumbazi. The date, indicated on the walls, tells us that this ten-sided monument was constructed in 1186-1187 AD. Surface of each side is completely covered by the ornaments.
In spite of the fact that the upper parts of this structure have some destruction, its height today is more than 25 meters.
Here also exists an underground vault and a burial place or sardaba. The Khanagah mausoleum in Nakhchivan strongly differs from what we already have described. While the Momina Khatun Mausoleum and other similar monuments are structures of a tower type, Khanagah mausoleum is a structure of the mixed type: its lower part has the cubic form and the upper part is eight-sided.
Ornaments show that the mausoleum was made in 12-13th centuries.
Nakhchivan Juma Mosque
Nakhchivan Juma Mosque monument belongs to Middle Ages as well, and it was also constructed by architect Ajami ibn Abubakr Nakhchivani, and is one of the monuments of Atabeyg architectural complex. lieutenant was conserved in the destroyed condition in the 19th century.
"Memar Ajami" station in Baku metropolitan was named in honor of him.
