ARTSAKH HISTORICAL MONUMENTS

Yukhari Seyfali Monuments

Azerbaijan (Country) / Northern Artsakh (Area) / Shamkhor (District) / Yukhari Seyfali (Village)

Location

The village is situated on the right bank of the river Shamkor, 11 kilometres southeast of the district centre, at an altitude of 460 to 570 metres above sea level.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 521.

Historical Introduction
19 c․

It was established in the late 19th century by some cattle-breeding tribes which had changed to a sedentary life.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 521.

19 y․

At that time it belonged to landowner Ashraf Khan Ziatkhanov.

National Archives of Armenia, fund 93, list 1, file 388, pp. 22-23.
Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 521.

Name	Year/Century	Etymology
Verin Seyfali