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Jokhtak Kamurj Village Site

Azerbaijan / Northern Artsakh / Getabek / Daya-Gharabulagh

Location

A village site called Jokhtak Kamurj (the Armenian equivalent for A Couple of Bridges) is situated at the confluence of the rivers Parisos and Shamkor, 3 kilometres south-east of Daya-Gharabulagh.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 240.

Historical Introduction
18 c․

The historical name of the village, that was stripped of its Armenian population in the second half of the 18th century, remains obscure.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 240.

19 c․

In the late 19th century, it was known by the names of Jokhtak Kamurj among the nearby Armenians, and Ghosha-Kyopri, or Bayramli (also Ali-Bayramli) among the Turks.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 240.

1886 y․

The foundation of a new settlement in this place was due to the supply of timber, obtained in the Shamkor valley, for Getabak’s copper-smelting mills. A saw mill and some warehouses that were built there at the very beginning became the basis of the future Turkish settlement of Bayramali established there to meet the growing needs of the people working there. It was mainly populated by the members of the cattle-breeding tribe of Bayramli who generally spent winters in several areas on the right bank of the river Kur (north-east of Ashaghi-Ayipli Village of present-day Touz District) and moved to the area of the upper course of the river Shamkor together with their large cattle for summers. In 1886 “seven Armenians who had recently converted to Islam arrived at Bayramli, got married there and took up residence in the village.”

“Mshak,” 1886, No. 89, p. 2.
Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 241.

1883 y․

In 1883 railway communication was established between Getabek and the newly-founded settlement which retained large reserves of wood and coal. Later, however, parallel with the exhaustion of copper ore in the mines, Bayramli lost its significance and was gradually stripped of its inhabitants. At present it serves as a summer encampment for some cattle-breeders.

“Mshak,” 1891, No. 60, p. 2.
Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 241.

Name	Year/Century	Etymology
Ghosha-Kyopri
Bayramli
Ali-Bayramli