ARTSAKH HISTORICAL MONUMENTS

Ghezelja 4 Monuments

Azerbaijan (Country) / Northern Artsakh (Area) / Khanlar (District) / Ghezelja (Village)

Location

The village extends on the left bank of the river Artinajur, 10 kilometres north-west of the district centre, at an altitude of 620 to 700 metres above sea level.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 387.

Historical Introduction
19 c․

It was founded in the late 19th century by some stock-breeding Turkish tribes which had shifted to a sedentary life.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 387.

The available data regarding the local population are as follows:

Dates	Turkish Houses	Turks (Male)	Turks (Female)	Total (Turks)	Notes	Source
1886	12	64	51	115		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. 387.
1977				754		Soviet Azerbaijanian Encyclopedia, vol. 3, Baku, 1979, p. 162; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 387.