Maralian-Sarov :: ARTSAKH LOCATIONS

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NKR (Country) / Tartar (District) / Maralian-Sarov (Village)

Location

Maralian-Sarov is almost linked with Begum-Sarov from the northwest.

Samvel Karapetian, Armenian Cultural Monuments in the Region of Karabakh, Yerevan, 2001, p. 202.

Mother Tongue

In spite of such geographical closeness, and being under the same historical and social conditions the population of Maralian-Sarov lost its mother tongue and became turkophone: “Residents of this village belong to the Armenian Christian confession. They are similar to the Sarov residents in their habits and traditions, but unfortunately, they do not speak Armenian, they communicate in Turkish with each other.”

"Nor Dar", 1890, N 122, p. 3. (in Arm.).
Samvel Karapetian, Armenian Cultural Monuments in the Region of Karabakh, Yerevan, 2001, p. 202.

Historical Introduction

In another case Maralian is characterized as an “Armenian village with Turkish traditions.”

"Nor Dar", 1890, N 148, p. 3. (in Arm.).
Samvel Karapetian, Armenian Cultural Monuments in the Region of Karabakh, Yerevan, 2001, p. 202.

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In the XIX century the entire village belonged to the Turkish beks. Similar to Begum-Sarov, they took hold of the whole land in the vicinity. Hoping to return the land, Shamir Zilfugharian, resident of Maralian-Sarov claimed in the Court against the Turkish beks that occupied the land in the whole vicinity and by that very reason was traitorously killed by the Turks on 24 April 1895.

"Nor Dar", 1895, N 77, p.2-3. (in Arm.).
Samvel Karapetian, Armenian Cultural Monuments in the Region of Karabakh, Yerevan, 2001, p. 202.

The number of Armenians residing in this village from 1841 to 1908 was the following:

Dates	Armenian Houses	Armenians (Male)	Armenians (Female)	Total (Armenians)	Notes	Source
1841	14	20	19	39		SCHARA, F. 56, L. 1, c. 305, p. 47 (in Arm.); Samvel Karapetian, Armenian Cultural Monuments in the Region of Karabakh, Yerevan, 2001, p. 202.
1851	10	39	34	73		SCHARA, F. 56, L. 1, c. 2596, p. 93 (in Arm.); Samvel Karapetian, Armenian Cultural Monuments in the Region of Karabakh, Yerevan, 2001, p. 202.
1876				177		SCHARA, F. 56, L. 1, c. 6775, p. 115-116 (in Arm.); Samvel Karapetian, Armenian Cultural Monuments in the Region of Karabakh, Yerevan, 2001, p. 202.
1889		121	123	244		SCHARA, F. 56, L. 1, c. 8583, p. 45-46 (in Arm.); Samvel Karapetian, Armenian Cultural Monuments in the Region of Karabakh, Yerevan, 2001, p. 202.
1891	32	126	124	250		M. Bishop Barkhutariants, Artsakh, Baku, 1895, p. 34; Samvel Karapetian, Armenian Cultural Monuments in the Region of Karabakh, Yerevan, 2001, p. 202.
1901		189	142	331		SCHARA, F. 56, L. 14, c. 205, p. 241-242 (in Arm.); Samvel Karapetian, Armenian Cultural Monuments in the Region of Karabakh, Yerevan, 2001, p. 202.
1908				329		"Caucasian Calendar for 1910", Tiflis, 1909, p. 360 (in Russian); Samvel Karapetian, Armenian Cultural Monuments in the Region of Karabakh, Yerevan, 2001, p. 202.