ARTSAKH HISTORICAL MONUMENTS

Bayramli Monuments

Azerbaijan (Country) / Northern Artsakh (Area) / Touz (District) / Bayramli (Village)

Location

The village is situated on the right bank of the river Asrik, 10 kilometres south-east of the district centre, between 590 and 660 metres of altitude above sea level.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 529.

Historical Introduction
19 c․

It was founded in the late 19th century by the stock-breeding Turkish tribe of Bayramli. During the same period, it belonged to the Sultanovs’ family of Turkish landowners.

National Archives of Armenia, fund 93, list 1, file 388, pp. 14-15.
Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 529.

Population
19 c․

In the mid-19th century, the Bayramli lived a nomadic life, which made it rather difficult to carry out a trustworthy population census among them. That is the reason why the official number of the local inhabitants was highly exaggerated.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 529.

Population:

Dates	Turkish Houses	Turks (Male)	Turks (Female)	Total (Turks)	Notes	Source
1886	214	606	464	1070		Yelizavetpol Province: A Statistical Survey Based on the Family Lists of Caucasia's Population. Tiflis, 1888, pp. 78-79; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 529.
1908				1831		Caucasian Calendar for 1910, Tiflis, 1909, p. 196; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 529.
1914				923		Caucasian Calendar for 1915, Tiflis, 1914, p. 95; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 529.