ARTSAKH HISTORICAL MONUMENTS

Mahmudlu 2 Monuments

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

Location

The village is situated on the right bank of the river Shamkor, 12 kilometres north-east of the district centre, at an altitude of 250 to 275 metres above sea level.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 506.

Historical Introduction
17 c․

Taknali had a sedentary population of Shiah Muslims in the 17th century.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 506.

19 c․

It belonged to landowner Musakhan Shamkhorski together with the villages of Dallyar, Okhchulu and Jeyranchyol in the late 19th century.

National Archives of Armenia, fund 93, list 1, file 388, pp. 13-14.
Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 506.

Name	Year/Century	Etymology
Taknali

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

Dates	Turkish Houses	Turks (Male)	Turks (Female)	Total (Turks)	Notes	Source
1804	22	48	54	102		Collected Acts of the Caucasian Archaeological Commission, vol. 2, Tiflis, 1868, p. 596; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 506.
1886	101	481	294	775		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. 506.
1981				2232		Soviet Azerbaijanian Encyclopedia, vol. 6, Baku, 1982, p. 396; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 506.