ARTSAKH HISTORICAL MONUMENTS

Dzegam Monuments

Azerbaijan (Country) / Northern Artsakh (Area) / Shamkhor (District) / Dzegam (Village)

Location

The village extends 14 kilometres northwest of the district centre.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 482.

Population

In 1901 the local Armenian inhabitants, who comprised between 20 and 25 houses, applied to the church authorities with a petition to appoint Mesrop Ter-Stepanossiants, serving in Bada, itinerant priest for their community, which had been devoid of a spiritual shepherd by then.

National Archives of Armenia, fund 53, list 1, file 720.
Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 482.

Historical Introduction
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The archaeological finds unearthed in the territory of Dzegam include some coins dating back to the times of Safavid Shah Tahmas I (1524 to 1576) and Shah Abbas I (1587 to 1629).

Rajabli, A. M. Coinage in the Safavid State. In: “Proceedings of the Museum of the History of Azerbaijan,” vol. 4, Baku, 1963, in Russian.
Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 482.

Name	Year/Century	Etymology
Zakam