Muğanlı, Nakhchivan

Muğanlı (also, Muganly and Muganlu) is a village and municipality in the Sharur District of Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic, Azerbaijan. It is located 4 km away from the district center, on the plain. Its population is busy with grain-growing, tobacco-growing, vegetable-growing, foddering, vine-growing and animal husbandry. There are secondary school, library, club, mosque and a medical center in the village. It has a population of 1,090.[1]

Muğanlı
Municipality
Muğanlı
Coordinates: 39°32′N 44°56′E
Country Azerbaijan
Autonomous republicNakhchivan
RayonSharur
Population
 (2005)
 • Total1,090
Time zoneUTC+4 (AZT)

Etymology

There exists 18 settlements in the territory of Azerbaijan in connection with the name of Muğan. The settlements in Aghdam, Aghstafa, Barda, Goranboy, Kurdamir, Gubadly, Shamakhi, Zagatala, Zangilan and other areas is an example to this. The settlements were founded by the families belonging to the Mollahasanli, Mehdili and Jabbarly generations who moved from the Muğanlı village of Iran. The name is related with the name of the families belonging to the Iranian Mugh مغ (Magi) priestly tribe.[2]

The tribe name of Muğanlı, is known from the beginning of the 16th century. Later, in the sources the Moghani who registered as independent tribe within Shahsevan tribes of Iran, consisted from 8 unions on the beginning of the 19th century. Because of the tribe lived in the Mugan plain, they were named with the name of the same plain.[3]

Historical and archaeological monuments

Muğanlı Necropolis

Muğanlı Necropolis - the monument of the medieval ages in the near of the Muğanlı village of Sharur region. Currently, overground signs of the monument has been lost, it has become a sown area. According to the local people, here were once the ram stones; one of them is in Sharur History Museum. According to the finding ram stones, the Muganli necropolis belongs to the 15-16 centuries.[1]

References
  1. ANAS, Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences (2005). Nakhchivan Encyclopedia. volume I. Baku: ANAS. p. 53. ISBN 5-8066-1468-9.
  2. Encyclopedic dictionary of Azerbaijan toponyms. In two volumes. Volume I. p. 304. Baku: "East-West". 2007. ISBN 978-9952-34-155-3.
  3. Encyclopedic dictionary of Azerbaijan toponyms. In two volumes. Volume I. p. 304. Baku: "East-West". 2007. ISBN 978-9952-34-155-3.


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