ARTSAKH HISTORICAL MONUMENTS

Shahveledli Monuments

Azerbaijan (Country) / Northern Artsakh (Area) / Dashkesan (District) / Shahveledli (Village)

Location

The village is situated on the west-facing slope of a gorge lying 2 kilometres north of the historical village of Dastapor, 9 kilometres south-east of the district centre, at an altitude of 1,640 to 1,720 metres above sea level.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 215.

Historical Introduction
18 c․

Shahveledli preserved its Armenian population until the ‘70s of the 18th century.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 215.

19 c․

The present-day Turkish village was founded by some stock-breeding tribes which had changed to a sedentary mode of life in the late 19th century.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 215.

Population:

Dates	Total (Turks)	Notes	Source
1908	382		Caucasian Calendar for 1910, Tiflis, 1909, p. 421. In: Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 215.
1914	396		Caucasian Calendar for 1915, Tiflis, 1914, p. 209. In: Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 215.