ARTSAKH HISTORICAL MONUMENTS

Safikyurd 1 Monuments

Azerbaijan (Country) / Northern Artsakh (Area) / Kasum-Ismayilov (District) / Safikyurd (Village)

Location

The village is situated in the valley of one of the branches of the river Sevjur, 7 kilometres south of the district centre.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 323.

Historical Introduction
19 c․

In the late 19th century, Safikyurd, that comprised several encampments of stock-breeding Turkish tribes, belonged to some Turkish landowners.

National Archives of Armenia, fund 93, list 1, file 388, pp. 26-28.
Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 323.

Population
19 — 20 cc․

During the period between the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the members of the cattle-breeding tribe of Safikyurd were reliably registered in statistical sources only after they had changed to a sedentary mode of life. Thus, in 1908 570, and in 1914 498 inhabitants were recorded. In contrast to that, during their nomadic life, the same people were counted in different places, as a result of which their true number was highly exaggerated: for instance, in 1886 Safikyurd allegedly had 176 houses with 1,101 dwellers.

Caucasian Calendar for 1910, Tiflis, 1909, p. 361.
Caucasian Calendar for 1915, Tiflis, 1914, p. 179.
Yelizavetpol Province: A Statistical Survey Based on the Family Lists of Caucasia's Population. Tiflis, 1888, pp. 86-87.
Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 323.