ARTSAKH HISTORICAL MONUMENTS

Tajkadzor Monuments

NKR (Country) / Kashunik (District) / Tajkadzor (Village)

Historical Introduction

Tajkadzor is mentioned by Stepanos Orbelian within the list of Other Baghk, or Kashunik district villages in regard of its tithe (6 dahekan). The village preserved its name till the late 19th century.

St. Orbelian, History of Syunik, Yerevan, 1986, p. 401.
Samvel Karapetian, Armenian Cultural Monuments in the Region of Karabakh, Yerevan, 2001, p. 181.

Location
1885 y․

In any case, S. Bahatrian wrote in 1885 that: “the ruins of Tajkadzor, Kusaqarer and Ayin are situated near the present-day Jibiklu, populated by Kurds.”

S. Bahatrian, Zangezur, "Nor Dar", 1885, N 28, p. 3 (in Arm.).
Samvel Karapetian, Armenian Cultural Monuments in the Region of Karabakh, Yerevan, 2001, p. 181.

Description
19 — 20 cc․

The maps published on the verge of the XIX-XX cent, did not mention the toponym Tajkadzor. In stead, the 5 versta maps marked a village named Mamedli (or Mamatli) 4.5 km northeast of the Upper (or Old) Jibiklu. It is hot difficult to guess that the preference was given to the current Turkish name of the village, which was generally characteristic of the Russian cartography.

Samvel Karapetian, Armenian Cultural Monuments in the Region of Karabakh, Yerevan, 2001, pp. 181-182.

Name	Year/Century	Etymology
Mamedli