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Azerbaijan (Country) / Northern Artsakh (Area) / Kasum-Ismayilov (District) / Ghezel Hajili (Village)

Location

Ghezel Hajili lies 6 kilometres south-east of the district centre.

Historical Introduction

One of the most densely-populated Turkish villages in the region, it was inhabited by the members of the Miskinli tribe.

Population:

Dates	Total (Turks)	Notes	Source
1908	174	Apparently, this number is exaggerated	Caucasian Calendar for 1910, Tiflis, 1909, p. 287; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 320.
1914	1210		Caucasian Calendar for 1915, Tiflis, 1914, p. 141; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 320.
1977	4993	According to the highly exaggerated statistical data of 1886, the village had 23 houses with 150 inhabitants (Yelizavetpol Province: A Statistical Survey Based on the Family Lists of Caucasia's Population. Tiflis, 1888, pp. 78-79).	Soviet Azerbaijanian Encyclopedia, vol. 3, Baku, 1979, p. 161; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 320.