ARTSAKH HISTORICAL MONUMENTS

Dyuharli Monuments

Azerbaijan (Country) / Northern Artsakh (Area) / Shamkhor (District) / Dyuharli (Village)

Location

This Turkish village is situated in a vast steppe lying on the right bank of the river Zakam, 18 kilometres north-west of the district centre, at an altitude of 340 to 370 metres above sea level.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 482.

Historical Introduction
19 c․

It dates back to the second half of the 19th century.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 482.

1894 — 1895 yy․

It belonged to nine Turkish landowners between 1894 and 1895.

National Archives of Armenia, fund 93, list 1, file 388, pp. 3-4.
Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 482.

Population

Dyuharli, which did not have a sedentary population until the early 1870s, served as a winter encampment for some nomads.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 482.

The available statistical data regarding the local inhabitants represent the following picture:

Dates	Turkish Houses	Turks (Male)	Turks (Female)	Total (Turks)	Notes	Source
1874				1354		Caucasian Calendar for 1886, Tiflis, 1885, p. 142; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 482.
1886	252	869	634	1503		Yelizavetpol Province: A Statistical Survey Based on the Family Lists of Caucasia's Population. Tiflis, 1888, pp. 80-81; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 482.
1914				1925		Caucasian Calendar for 1915, Tiflis, 1914, p. 123; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 482.