This
report ascertains among the other things that 4 uyezds of Karabakh
differ from other uyezds of Azerbaijani Republic harshly in tested
disasters. With the collapse of Baku in october 1918 year, the Muslim
population of Baku province is recovering from horrors caused by Armenians
because of tribal abhorrence. The Muslims of Karabakh are exposed
the every possible violence continuously both by native Armenians
of Karabakh and Armenian refugees of Irevan province and by the Armenian
soldiers invaded from Turkey’ s vilayets demanding from Muslims to
submit to the state authorities of Armenian Republic.
Javanshir
uyezd.
By the
readings of questioned eye-witnesses and official documents in the
affairs of Javanshir Uyezd Police Administration (the documents are
attached to the paperwork in notarized copies) are ascertained the
following standing to the considering matter. Long before the end
of war by Russia, the Armenian soldiers deserted from fronts numerously
bringing to their villages a lot of rifles, machine-guns and other
ammunition stolen at the war. The native Armenian intelligentsia and
the representatives of Armenian Rural Societies from the one side
and the inactivity of Russian Police authority from the other side
have contributed to that criminal occurrence. The Muslims of uyezd
being very trustful to their historical neighbors have not assumed
that the bringing weapons had been preparing against them, that is
why they did not take any measures to prevent the conveyance of weapons
although there were some cases of weapon’ s detention by the Muslims
in the station of Yevlakh and in the village Barda at the main road.
From
the time of coup d’ etat in Russia the undisguised conveyance of weapons
into Armenian villages become more rapid and from the same time the
Armenians began to display their hostile attitudes and violent actions
against Muslims obviously. It is necessary to note the territorial
peculiarity of Muslim villages’ s habitation of uyezd. The most Muslim
villages are disposed but the villages of Kelanin and Avrayan rural
societies are disposed: the first in foothills and the second in mountain
streak of Jevanshir uyezd. 12 villages of Kelanin society 1) Damirlar,
2) Imrat-Gerravend , 3) Charectar, 4) Umudlu, 5) Karalar, 6) Shirhavend,
7) Sirhavehd, 8) Brudj, 9) Ali-Agali, 10) Hachin-Dorbatlu, 11) Chirahly,
12) Gadji are surrounded by Armenian villages from all sides as Maragaly,
Talish, Upper and Lower Chaily, Lulasar, Agdara, Ulu-Karabek, Small-Karabek,
Charlamy, Gasariz, Vankt, Dovshanlu, Damgali, Keladag and others.
So Kelanians-Muslims could deal with lowland of the uyezd only passing
through Armenian villages. As regards the villages of Avrayan rural
society they dispose in very high mountains higher than Armenian villages
and taking the dominated stand living by isolated life and are settled
by manly Kurdish tribe. That is why the all villages of Kelanin society
did not suffer at all that time.
Returning
to the Armenian aggression against Muslim population, we can ascertain
by the evidences of eye-witnesses that the Armerian armed bands had
a success only in their own district where they felt substantial numeral
superiority in force and organization and where the unarmed Muslims
were surrounded by Armenian villages and could not get any aid.
Thus
only the villages of Kelanin Society have been broken in the whole
Javanshir uyezd.
Starting
with December 1917 year the Armenian armed bands began to trespass
the villages of aforesaid Muslim society demanding from Kelanians
to submit to Armenian Republic, imposing and levying considerable
money amounts from Muslims under the pretence of tax for their state.
They also have demanded to nourish their troops during months and
put into practice the drunk orgies with the rapes of women in Muslim
villages. The partial stealing of Muslim’ s cattle has begun.
They
were cut off contacts with the Muslims of uyezd’ s lowland.
The Muslim
National Committee of Javanshir uyezd has tried their best to establish
the former good relations with Armenians wishing to take out the desperate
plight of Kelanin Society’ s population. Toward this end they have
sent mixed, peaceful delegations to Armenian villages and elaborated
a plan of transmigration of some Armenian villages living in lowland
as Sarov, Gasan-Kaya and other to the mountain district but the residents
of Kelanin society from the foothills to the lowland.
While
the Armenians of lowland’ s villages were transmigrating to the mountains
without any problems, the population of Kelanin Society continued
to stifle in the clutches of Armenian tyranny and massacre who did
not allow the Kelanians to transmigrate to the lowland. The transmigration
of Armenians and detention of foothills Muslims were not an aim to
save Armenians from the possible danger but it had for an object to
strengthen the armed forces of Armenians of foothills in order to
destroy all Muslims of that district.
Such
a slave life of Muslim population of named society had been continuing
for a long months up to December 1918 year when the Muslims drawn
to despair decided to burst through the ring of Armenians bands and
transmigrate to the Muslim villages of lowland. They succeeded in
doing it but there were a lot of losses among the Muslims.
The Muslims-refugees
have lost all their personal property, agricultural inventory, cattle,
houses. Many women and children died because of starvation, cold and
diseases and other privations during the flight.
Many
refugees have been killed by Armenians pursued them on the way, the
others as ill, old men and women and cripples who could not run were
killed in the villages.
Some
villages as Imarat-Gerravend , the part of Umudlu with a view to avoid
the pursuit of Armenians had chosen the way of flight through the
high and snow mountain “ Murov-Dag “ on the Dzegam road of Elizavetpol
uyezd and so they felt more excruciating sufferings before they reached
lowlands of Javanshir uyezd.
At the
present time the residents-refugees of pointed Rural Society settled
the different villages of Javanshir lowland as Begum Saro, Seysulan,
Jarimdji, Ilshihlar, Boy-Ahmedly, Kahil-Karvend of Shusha uyezd and
others. They can’ t be occupied with the peasant work because they
lost all their agricultural inventory. Despite the peaceful delegations
of Muslim National Committee to Armenian villages it could not reach
the reconciliation with Armenians. Quite the contrary, some times
the Armenians threatened the delegations. So the chairman of Maragaln
Armenian rural society Nerses Manukov threatened the chairman of National
Muslim Committee Meshali-Alish Ismailov said him “ It all still are
nonsense. Wait a little what will be soon with Azerbaijanis “.
The Muslim
population of Javanshir uyezd’s lowland also suffered from violent
acts of Armenians in spring and summer of 1918 year when Armenians
blocked up the waters of rivulets of Terter water basin leaving the
residents of lowland without drinkable water and depriving the opportunity
to water the fields and gardens. The water mills have also stopped
working. Meanwhile the water in Javanshir in the Summer is the main
resource of life. Adding to it that the Muslims and their cattle were
deprived an opportunity to migrate to their pastures-eylags for cattle’
s forage, that all the ways to Susha were blocked up by Armenians
for a long time and the all population of lowland were alarmed anxious
we can imagine the tragic situation of Muslims.
The Muslims
are in a painful situation because Armenian population does not recognize
the authorities of Azerbaijani Republic and considers the part of
Javanshir uyezd populated by Armenians as the territory of Armenian
Republic. Even at the present time they continues violent actions
against Azerbaijanis, so during the visit of members of Special Committee
of Investigation the Javanshir uyezd, the Armenians drawn the cattle
of Javad-Ali ogly, the resident of Damirlar village and kidnapped
two Muslim boys near Maragly village. The last circumstances deprived
the Members of the Committee of Investigation the opportunity to review
the smashed up Muslim villages of foothills in order not to risk by
possible deprivation of Committee’ s freedom, businesses and documents
as since it was necessary for local surveys to pass through Armenian
villages.
Meanwhile
at the present time Armenians personally pass through Muslim villages
in the lowland of uyezd, appear at the Terter market every week and
not only continue the trade relations with Azerbaijanis but also continue
to resort to the criminal actions selling the stolen cattle to the
Muslims stolen from them ( see the evidences of eye-witness Iskenderov
).
Besides
the devastation of 12th villages of Kelanin rural society,
the Armenian bands committed the following crimes against Muslims
in Javanshir uyezd. So, 1) the Armenians of Maragly killed two Muslim
residents of the village Magomed-Iskender ogly and Myuslim Ragim ogly
thrown their corpses into the “ Dash-Arkh “ ditch; 2) At Funduhlu
district the Armenians-Dovshanlians killed rural delivery man Fagrad-Jafar
Kulu ogly and two of his Muslim companions robbed from the latter
4 bulls; 3) the Armenians of Sarov committed predatory attack to the
herders and herds of Brudg village and opened the skirmish drawn the
cattle to the Armenian village Chayly; 4) the gang of armed Armenians-Agdarians
drawn 600 sheep and 50 herds horned cattle from the Muslims of Kapanlu
village; 5) the same gang drawn 250 sheep and 61 heads of horned cattle
from the other Kapanlunians; 6) the Armenians of Agdara drawn 1350
sheep and 4 horses from Jumshud, the resident of the village Karapirum;
7) the Armenians of Dovshanly killed in the village Karakor Odjag-Molla
Kambar ogly, his wife Sona Shahmamed kizy and Eyvaz Molla Novruz ogly;
8) the band of Gulyatagian Armenians drawn 122 heads of horned cattle
from Sirhavendians and 105 heads from Kalaychilarians; 9) the gang
of Agdamirian Armenians had tried to drive a cattle of Kapanlu village’
s residents and as a result of started skirmish Kurban Allahverdi
ogly was killed. 10) at “ Chohlu-Dakirman “ district the gang of Armenian
soldiers and rural residents, 500 in number attacked the caravan of
Koturlians and robbed their horses, bulls, money, household things
and goods of total sum of more than ˝ million rubles; 11) at the land
of landowner Nuribekov the Armenians of Agdara robbed the cattle of
Imrat-Gerravendians; 12) the armed gang of Armenians drown 115 heads
of cattle from the resident of Chirahlu Iskander Ali at the place
“ Sendral-Yeri “ at that the Persian herder Novruz was killed: 13)
the gang of Armenians of Agdara attacked and killed the resident of
village Papravend Asrat-Aga-Kishi ogly at the place “ Ozok-Yeri “
driven 12 sheep. 14) the Armenians had enticed the resident of Papravend
Alband-Sadyh ogly into their village Agdara supposedly for the selling
of sheep and killed him. This murder has happened in the present year
in January 19. 15) the gang of Armenians of Agdara have driven 84
heads of cattle and horses from the residents of the village Kalaychilor:
16) the same Armenians begun the skirmish have driven 3 horses and
1350 sheep from the residents of Karapirum.
From
the fore-going short list of some crimes of Armenians is detected
that they tried to undermine the economy of Muslim peasants driving
the cattle and horses mainly.
Committing
the numerous murders of uyezd’ s residents, not sparing neither the
sex nor the age and children, old men and invalids, the Armenians
in the following cases have executed the murders painfully and brutally.
So, Suleyman-Kazakhaslan
ogly, Mamed Meshali Pasha ogly and Kazum Atam ogly have been killed
and cut up to pieces.
The dead
body of woman of the village Gadji-Gerravend Zeynay Shirin kizy was
found with cut off bursts. According to Armenian Zakhari Kukurov from
Bomgukain, the resident of Korakor village of Dovshanlu’ s department
Ramazan Novruz Ali ogly, the woman Kuncha-Odjag Kuli kizy and the
invalid Suleyman Gasan ogly have been killed but their dead bodies
have been cremated.
The resident
of the village Sirhavend Bollu Kaza Soltal Ali Iman oglu had been
arrested near the village Kayanchi and then he was killed and cremated.
The residents
of Gune Gaza Sirhavend Sharif Ismail oglz and Rajab Novruy Ali oglz
have been found with cut off and removed heads.
Among
the Armenians and the leaders of Armenian bands as was obvious from
the evidences of eye-witnesses, the Muslims have recognized many of
them, but only the persons with full names and surnames will be enumareted
here. Namely: an engineer-landowner of the estate Upper Karkhun, Konstantant
Nicitich Abrumov, the manager of estate Avan Juzbashev Bagrat bek
Melik Shakhanazarov, the Chairman of Margaly Rural Society Nerses
Manukov, the resident of the village Gulyatag Ivan bek Mirzabekov,
from the village Dovshanly Artemiy and Muki Sukiasovs, Yefrem, Nikolay
Shakhbagovs, from the village Bozorkend Nikolay Sarukhanov, from the
village Vank Tigran Asan Jalilov, from the village Domgali Tsachur
Mosesov, from the village Lulyasas Vagon Bejanov, the residents of
Upper and Low Chayli Shamir Agabekov, Setrak Usubov, from the village
Talishi Tuni Atambekov, the resident of the village Agdara Karapet
Anastasov, of the village Talishi the brothers Isaak, Minas Ter Daniyelovs,
of the same village Rustam Babayev, of the village Gasanriz Sukias
Gandaskhazov, from Chardakhli Bakhshi Ovanesov, from the village Upper
Chayli Akonjan Mosesov, Nikolay Sogratov, Agdarians Markos bek Ter
Astsachurov, from the village Margoshevan Atakishi Khachaturov. Many
other persons have been named by eye witnesses in names only. The
enumerated Armenians were not only the leaders of bands, but they
have been committing the murders and turtores of Muslims with their
own hands.
It can
be detected in acts about losses produced by the victims that the
Muslims of only foothills of uyezd have incured losses in some tens
of millions rubles.
Jabrail
uyezd
The Jabrail
uyezd consist if 12 Muslim and 3 Armenian rural societies.
This
uyezd like Javanshir uyezd has suffered from Armenians exceptionally
in foothills of Karabakh mountains because of topographic location
in the large part of lowland where the villages with Muslim population
were placed exclusively and the Armenians have not been deciding to
invade there dreading to be repulsed.
By the
evidences of questioned eye-witnesses are ascertained that the Muslims
both landowners and peasants of foothills till the December 1918 being
reassured by the Armenians of neighbour villages of uyezd and their
honorary representativies not only were about any defence but also
not supposed that Armenians were preparing to smush their villages,
although they had heard about the destructions of Tatarian villages
and the violences and brutalities of Armenians committed against Muslim
population in other uyezds of Karabakh.
In the
first days of December 1918, the Armenians assumed the armed offensive
against Muslims of uyezd, began to commit the separate murders of
Muslims, drive the cattle and attack theTatarian villages by the organized
bands. Nevertheless as is obvious from the evidences of eye-witnesses
and from the report # 84 of the Chife of Jabrail Uyezd from February
17, 1919 for the Karabakh General-Gubernator, „ the Muslim population
of uyezd meeting such events with deep regret and not resorting to
any active actions took only the defensive position for the defence
of themselves and their property from the attack of Armenians, not
commiting any irregular actions against Armenians, as proof of it
served the circumstance, that no Armenian village has suffered „.
The below
is given the crimes of Armenians committed against Muslims till the
present time: 1) the Armenians of the villages Duducchi, Agbulah,
Edillu, Goga, Chirakuz, Ahullu on the night of December 26, 1918 smashed
up the Muslim part of the village Duducchi, burned homes and robbed
the property; 2) the Armenians of the same village drown the sheep
of the residents of the village Arysh on December 7, 1918; 3) the
armed Armenians attacked the village Karakellu and drown sheep on
December 5, 1928; 4) on December 10, the sheep of Mageram musa ogly
from the village Dishulin were driven; 5) at the same day the armed
Armenians drown the cattle of Mir Jusuf Mir Gasan ogly from the village
Efendilar; 6) the armed band of Armenians burned the village Ashik
Meliklu, robbed the property,residents and cattle on December 2; 7)
at the same day the bands of Armenians burned the village Holaflu,
Tatar, Shihlar, robbed the property of the residents, drown a part
of cattle; 8) on December 18 the village Siric was smashed up and
burned; 9) The Armenians of the villages Agjakend, Delenlar and Mulkadari
attacked the village Siric and burned its department Nusaslu on February
27, 1919; 10) the Armenians of Ahilli, Avetis and Nerses Babayevs
wounded Ibad Mamish ogly of the same village plowing up the land strip
on March 29, 1919; 11) in August of 1919 during the descent of nomads
of the village Karvend the Armenians drown all cattle of the residents
of the village, robbed property and killed two herders; 12) the armed
Armenians drown sheep of the residents of the village Karadagly, Molla
Nabiya Gaji Mahmud Efendi ogly and Eyvaz Megraly ogly in January of
1919; 13) the armed band of Armenians robbed the carrier and the resident
of the village Zargar, Badir Khan Mamish ogly in Spring of 1918; 14)
in Autumn of 1918, the Armenians of the village Gadrut Mukhan and
the village Noromanic, Sergay Nikolyantse and Sergay Lal ogly robbed
and killed the residents of the village Boliant, Jafar Alekper ogly
and Nasir Magerram ogly, the dead bodies of whom were founded naked
in the ravine; 15) in Winter of 1918, the Armenians of the villages
Jilano and Mulkadari atacked the village Eyvazlu plundered the property
and drown the cattle of the village at that killed Guseyn Allahverdi
ogly; 16) at the same time the Armenians of the village Dolanlar smushed
up and burned up the village Shikhlar robbed the property drown the
cattle; 17) the Armenians of Mulkadarli have smushed up the village
Melukli, burned up the houses, robbed the property and drown the cattle.
The destruction
of the villages has been accompanying by the murders and wounding
of Muslims, so there have been killed 3 men, 3 women , a child and
wounded a man in the village Ahillu, a man has been killed in Evatlu,
wounded a man in Tartar, 6 men killed in Mazra and in Siric 11 men,
10 women, 14 children have been killed, 2 men wounded.
The Muslims
identified many of Armenians who had attacked the villages but we
will give you the list of Armenians with the full names and surnames:
Namely: the residents of Duducchi Balasan Ayrapetov, Arutyun Logmatov,
Karapet Oganjanov, Ivan Beglarov, Usub Khachiyev, Ovakim Barkhudarov,
Sarkis Mirzoyev, the residents of the village Kemrakuch - Sumbat Mirzoyev,
ensign Aslan Sarkisov, Avetis Petrosov, Nikolay Bakhdiyev, Aleksan
Seyranov, the residents of the village Edinlu - Bakhshi Aganjanov,
Gerasim Mirzoyev, Bakhshi Pakhapetov, Moses Kagramanov, the residents
of the village Chirakuz of Shusha uyezd, Khurshud bek, Markar bek,
Ishkhan bek and Sumbat bek Ishkhanovs, from the village Goga - Muki
Safarov, Savad Ter-Grigorov, Sarkis Kekuns, David Oganjanov, the residents
of Chanakhchi of Shusha uyezd Sokrat bek Melik Shakhnazarov, the first
sergeant Markez, the residents of Mulkadar - Mukhan Martirosov, Nikolay
Petrosov, Ovshar and Tigran Pogosovs, the residents of Dolanlar Jalal
Javadov, Oganjan Mirzajanov, Aga Sarkis Martirosov, Karakhan Javadov,
Logos and Arshak Avanesovs. Mukhan and Javad Oganjanovs, Ivan Arzusanov,
from the village Dashbashi Bakhchi and Natur Stepanyantsis, Mukham
and Simon Nisyantsis, Ovanes and Akopjan Karabekovs, from Zamzur -
Mukhan Mikirgachev, Aleksandr Melkumov, Ovanes Mosesyants, from the
village Agjakend Gevond and Tatevos Mikayelovts, Gayk and Tigran Akopjanovs,
Mirza Ovanesov, Ishkhan Sarkisjanov, from Jilan Markar Kazarov, Ovshar
Musiyev.
By the
declarations and acts about losses of landowners and peasants we can
reveal that the Muslims of Jabrail uyezd have incured losses in some
tens of millions rubles. The drive of cattle, robbing of property,
agricultural tools, the supply of bread grain and other things have
undermined the economical status of uyezd' s Muslim peasant and their
pay ability.
Zangezur
uyezd
This
uyezd is still under trying conditions because of massacres inflicted
by the Armenians against Muslims.
The uyezd
is placed in mountain country, so it cut off from the side of Shusha
uyezd quite and from Jabrail almost. The Armenians making use of solitary
location of the Muslim villages among the Armenian villages and feeling
the power of their majority have taken the ruling position there.
The situation
of uyezd' s Muslims comparing with the other provinces of Azerbaijan
has become worse because of armed bands of Armenian peasants and organized
military units of Armenian soldiers under the command of general Andronic.
The latter having the considerable fighting force of soldiers and
armed Armenian peasants invading the territory of Azerbaijan and obviously
having the precise directions of the Government of the Armenian Republic
has demanded the Muslim population either to subordinate to the authorities
of Armenia or clean the territory of uyezd in order to annex it to
Armenian Republic. Although the Muslims of uyezd cut off in their
villages from the all world not having any protection and help and
armed very poorly have not wished to subdue to the demands of Armenians.
The latter have showed their monstrous brutality. Aspiring to expand
the territories of their Republic, the Armenians had not been sparing
the Muslims even in the cases when the latter have been leaving their
native hearths. The Armenians have been burning up, destroying the
villages, killing the residents, driving the cattle and robbing the
property. At the present time only the residents of the village of
Okhchin ravine continues the courageous defence of their native hearths.
The Muslim
villages of the 1st police office of Sisian magal completely,
the large part of 2nd office, the significant parts of
3rd, 4th and 5th offices have been
destroyed. Some of the villages have been razed to the ground and
Armenians even began to plow up that lands. About 50000 Muslims refugees
have settled in the 4th office of uyezd and in Jabrail
uyezd.
By the
evidences of eye-witnesses and official documents 115 villages of
uyezd have been demolished and destroyed: 1) Aguli, 2) Darabas, 3)
Dulus, 4) Kurtlar, 5) Sheki, 6) Urut, 7) Vagudy, 8) Irmis, 9) Bakhrilu,
10) Kizildjic, 11) Darakend, 12) Karakilisa, 13) Melyukli, 14) Dortny,
15) Dovruz, 16) Karadiga, 17) Okhtar, 18) Chobanlu, 19) Kadyulu, 20)
Chullu, 21) Shabadin, 22) Almaluh, 23) Chanakhchi, 24) Jibulu, 25)
Agkend, 26) Turapkhanlu, 27) Gulud, 28) Bekdash, 29) Injevar, 30)
Siznak, 31) Karachiman, 32) Katar, 33) Seydlar, 34) Khalaj, 35) Dashnov,
36) Baydag, 37) Norashenic, 38) Jimjilu, 39) Gyagalu, 40) Gomarat,
41) Darzili, 42) Kazanshi, 43) Shayuplu, 44) Tagamir, 45) Tey, 46)
Atkis, 47) Sharikan, 48) Dolutlu, 49) Avganlu, 50) Tanzever, 51) Madj,
52) 1st Khojagan, 53) Emizlu, 54) Bugakar, 55) Mulk, 56)
Banavshapyush, 57) 1st Vartanazur, 58) 2nd Vartanazur,
59) Legvaz, 60) Alidara, 61) Marzigit, 62) Tugut, 63) Pushanlu, 64)
Razidara, 65) Mamed Ismail, 66) Guman-Dadanlu, 67) Tatarkend, 68)
Kelu-Kishlag, 69) Zamlar, 70) Askerlar, 71) Garagel, 72) Chukhur-Yurt,
73) Najaflar, 74) Garakelu, 75) Shaiflu, 76) 1st Gyagelu,
77) 2nd Gyagelu, 78) Burunlu, 79) Burjalilar, 80) Gun-Gishlag,
81) Janbar, 82) Khinirdakishilar, 83) Tuafshalu, 84) Shirican, 85)
Gazanshi, 86)Gemaran, 87) Kotanan, 88) khotakhan, 89) Okhtarlu, 90)
Khudayarlu, 91) Shakarlu, 92) Kilinchlu, 93) Tarnalu, 94) Nuvadi,
95) Tugun, 96) Bogarlu, 97) Sanalu, 98) Safi-Yurd, 99) Kyurgilu, 100)
Chatarist, 101) Privaslu, 102) Meshali Ismaillar, 103) Burjalar-Darzili,
104) Subuklu, 105) Mazmazak, 106) Tazarkyurdali, 107) Farajan, 108)
Suarasy, 109) Bayramushagi, 110) Kokhnakend, 111) Kyushlag, 112) Zabuh,
113) Baylandur, 114) Bagarbeklu, 115) Keravis-Abdallar.
Here
it is the list of main more or less important villages of the uyezd
destroyed and burned up by Armenians completely or partly. After it
the Armenians have destroyed also 10 villages not having the independent
names and consisting of from 2 to 5 houses, living in temporary underground
lodgments.
The enumerated
above villages have been burned up, the property of the residents
have been robbed, the cattle driven. At the present time the territories
are occupied by Armenians and the Muslims have not access there.
It is
impossible to give all crimes committed by Armenians against Muslims
in every villages in this short report. All facts of brutalities,
murders and victims in all villages are expounded in the affair of
the inspection of the uyezd and in enclosed acts and documents to
it. It is also will be given the prominent cases of brutality, committed
by Armenians against peaceful Muslim population.
There
have been killed 3257 men, 2276 women and 2196 children, wondered
1060 men, 794 women and 485 children in enumerated villages, totally
10068 Muslim people have been killed and wondered in all uyezd. But
this terrible passional of Armenian atrocities does not answer the
reality because during the panic flight of Muslims many victims remained
uncertain. So the figures of victims were more than official statistics.
By the
evidences of eye-witnesses are ascertained the following prominent
cases of atrocities committed by the Armenians. So 1) in the same
village Bagudy 15 beautiful girls dispensed among the Armenian soldiers
not taking the sorrow of rape have died. 2) in the same village when
400 Muslims looking for the shelter during the destruction of the
village had gathered in the mosque, the Armenians barricaded the exits
of the mosque and burned up the mosque with all people inside. 3)
in the same village the Muslim woman Kadama Tair kizi has been knifed,
her cut off burst has been put into the mouth of her cut off infant
in arms. 4) in the same village the Armenians killed Yolchi Shikh
Guseyn ogly have cut off his genitals and put into his mouth. 5) in
the same village young girls Nissa-Aman kizi, Ajab-Nukhbali kizi,
Sona Jafar kizi and Shakhnuli Jalal kizi have been raped till the
death. 6) near the same village Gulmasta Gasim kizi has been killed,
her bursts have been cut off and the horseshoe has been hammered into
her spinal column. 7) the Armenians have thrusted a bayonet into hundred
age old Asad bek Melik Abbasov' s body, lying without any movement
on the bed in the village Newvedi. 8) in the same village the Armenians
have been chopping off the heads of escaping women and children, 9)
in the village Sheki the women with cut off bursts and the cut up
dead bodies of small children have been lying in the streets, 10)
in the village Irmishli during the destruction the Armenians have
been lifting the infants in arms on the bayonets, 11) in the village
Agudi the Armenians have been demanding from Muslims to adopt Christianity,
cutting off the bursts of women and putting them into the month of
babies, 12) in the village Agudi the Armenians had chopped the extremities
of legs of alive Gulam-Apiy Shakar ogly and then by the pricks of
bayonets and lash compelled him to go on the legs until he died because
of the loss of blood, 13) in the same village all beautiful girls
have been raped and killed, 14) in the village Chullu the Armenians
have killed 9 bed-patient by the daggers, 15) in the village Bagirbeklu
the Armenians have gathered 7 men and a woman into a house and burned
them alive along with house, 16) in the village Musulmanlar the dead
bodies had been so disfigured that it was impossible to recognized
the people - without arms, legs and heads, 17) in the village Katar
the honorary old-man Meshadi Kalantar Meshadi Gulu ogli has been killed,
wetted by the kerosene and burned, 18) in the same village the Armenians
have tied hand and foot of Kerbalay Allakhverdi Guseyn Ali ogli and
cut off his throat, 19) in the village 1st Vartanazur especially
many women and children have been cut off, 20) in the village Rakhman-Efendi
of Newboyazet uyezd of Irevan province the Armenian have put out Ibragim
Gadji Guseyn ogly' s eyes and then burned him.
This
is the short and not complete list of the sufferings of the Muslim
population in uyezd. The cases of brutal murders, tortures and the
rapes of women are so many that it is impossible to list all of them
in the report. The eye-witnesses certify that the crimes happened
in all smashed up villages.
The overwhelming
number of villages have been destructed during the raids of General
Andronic who demanded from Muslims to submit to the authorities of
Armenia. The events were happening in Summer and Autumn of 1918.
Among
the attacking Armenians the Muslims have recognized many of them.
But below we will give you the list of Armenians the most frequently
named by eye-witnesses.
Namely:
the residents of the town Gorus Nikolay Osinov, Simon Mirumov, from
the village Daraba - Shamir Shakhnazarov, from the village Migri -
David Arshak, Matvesov Vachiantsis, the resident of the village Kovar
Amazasp, from the village Gyalyur Agabek Medic Oganjanov, from the
village Astazur the ensign Agabek Mudusi Latvakanov,Nikolay Barsamov,
runaway convict Armenian under the nickname " Yapon ", Ostazurian
priest Ter-David, the residents of Darabas David and Kaspar Keshihevs,
from the village Akhlatian Ovakim Govorkov and Yagub Arustamov, the
residents of the village Kaladji Ivan Martirosov, Manuchar Pogosov,
Agalo Aganjanov, from Dulus Nepogos Kapriyelov, Sarkisdjan Tevosov,
from Darabas - Stepan Pogosov, Aleksandr Kukiyev, from Sirkatas Misrop
Kuniyev, Yefrem Rustamov, from the village Kuris Lalazar and Garib
Garibevs, from Savakar - Khuba Davidov, David Mnatsanakov, Manuchar
Tyuniyev, from Archazur Kostnant Asriyev, from Khotanan the officer
Ovanes Ter-Petrosov, Khanachur Davidov, the priest of the village
Akhtakhan Ter-Grigor Ter-Minasov, the engineer Sumbat Melik Stepanov
from the town Gerus, the former polices of the police office Isaak
Buhintsev and Seratakov, from the village Muganjic Dadash and Khachaur
Osinovs, from Gulgum Tevi Mnatsakanov, the former first sergeant of
Ugurchal rural society Nikolay Petrosov, from Bykh Samson Melik-Paradanov,
from Akarak Ivan Kazarov, Ayrapet Stepanov, Yefrem Agakhanov, Arnik
Simonov. from the village Archazur Sumbat Medic Stepanov, and from
the village Kovar - Agalo Pogosov.
The destruction
of more than hundred villages of Zangezur uyezd, the driving of some
ten thousands heads of cattle and some hundred thousand of sheep,
the annihilation of gardens and fields have undermined the economical
ituation of the Muslims of the uyezd, making 50000 people to be beggars.
Many people have escaped to the villages of Azerbaijan. There have
been about 1 billion rubles of losses.
"The
news of AC of Azerb. SSR"
"The
series of history, philosophy and law ". Baku, 1989, # 3.
