Jamilli

Jamilli (Azerbaijani: Cəmilli; Armenian: Ջամիլլի) is a village de jure in the Khojaly District of Azerbaijan, de facto in the Askeran Province of the self-proclaimed Republic of Artsakh. The village had an Azerbaijani majority prior to their expulsion during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War.[1]

Jamilli

Cəmilli

Ջամիլլի
Jamilli
Jamilli
Coordinates: 39°50′22″N 46°43′18″E
Country Azerbaijan (de jure)
 Artsakh (de facto)
DistrictKhojaly (de jure)
ProvinceAskeran (de facto)
Elevation
843 m (2,766 ft)
Time zoneUTC+4 (AZT)

History

In July 1919, the village was looted and burnt as part of the Khaibalikend Massacre by armed Kurdish irregulars and Azerbaijani soldiers.[2][3]

According to the 1921 census, the village had a population of 125 people, with the entire population being Armenian.[4] Until the 1960s, the village was populated by Armenians, however, in 1963-1964, under the pretext of building a water pipeline to Stepanakert near the village, the population of the village were moved to the city of Stepanakert where they were provided land. After that, the village was populated by Azerbaijanis. In 1989, Jamilli had a population of 549 people.[5]

The Azerbaijani inhabitants of the village were expelled during the First Nagorno-Karabakh war. The Russian international historical and civil rights society Memorial wrote about the forced exodus of the Azerbaijani inhabitants of the village, along with several other Azerbaijani villages around the area.[6]

Notable natives
  • Shakir Salakhov — National Hero of Azerbaijan.[7]

References
  1. Андрей Зубов. "Андрей Зубов. Карабах: Мир и Война". drugoivzgliad.com.
  2. Hovannisian, Richard. The Republic of Armenia: Vol. I, The First Year, 1918-1919. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1971, pp. 176-177, notes 51-52.
  3. (in Armenian) Vratsian, Simon. Հայաստանի Հանրապետութիւն (The Republic of Armenia). Paris: H.H.D. Amerikayi Publishing, 1928, pp. 286-87.
  4. "Данные переписи населения АзССР 1921 года". www.karabagh.am. Archived from the original on 2011-05-26. Retrieved 2019-01-16.
  5. "Глава 2. Шагреневая кожа Закавказья". sumgait.info. Retrieved 2019-01-16.
  6. "СОБЫТИЯ, ПРЕДШЕСТВУЮЩИЕ ШТУРМУ ХОДЖАЛЫ". memo.ru (in Russian). Memorial.
  7. "Salahov Shakir Shamil oglu". milliqahraman.az.
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