ARTSAKH HISTORICAL MONUMENTS

Meshadilar Monuments

Azerbaijan (Country) / Northern Artsakh (Area) / Touz (District) / Meshadilar (Village)

Location

Meshadilar extends on the left bank of the river Zakam, at the north-facing foot of a mountain, 17 kilometres south-east of the district centre, at an altitude of 560 to 620 metres above sea level.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 546.

Historical Introduction
19 c․

The village, whose historical name has sunk into oblivion, was known by the name of Tomakhli in the second half of the 19th century.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 546.

It represents a Turkish settlement established in the site of a deserted Armenian village.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 546.

1894 y․

Between 1894 and 1895, it belonged to the Kyamranbekovs’ family of Turkish landowners.

National Archives of Armenia, fund 93, list 1, file 388, pp. 2-3.
Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 546.

Name	Year/Century	Etymology
Tomakhli

The available statistical records on the number of the local population represent the following picture:

Dates	Turks (Male)	Turkish Houses	Turks (Female)	Total (Turks)	Notes	Source
1886	227	65	219	446		Yelizavetpol Province: A Statistical Survey Based on the Family Lists of Caucasia's Population. Tiflis, 1888, pp. 82-83; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 546.
1914				515		Caucasian Calendar for 1915, Tiflis, 1914, p. 189; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 546.