Bahlul, Azerbaijan
Bahlul (Azerbaijani: Bəhlul) or Pahlul (Armenian: Փահլուլ) is a village near the city of Stepanakert, de facto part of the breakaway Republic of Artsakh, de jure in Azerbaijan.
Bahlul / Pahlul
Bəhlul / Փահլուլ | |
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Bahlul / Pahlul Bahlul / Pahlul | |
Coordinates: 39°49′N 46°44′E | |
Country | Azerbaijan (de jure) Artsakh (de facto) |
City | Stepanakert (Khankendi) |
Time zone | UTC+4 |
History
In June 1919, the village and the neighboring villages of Ghaibalishen (Khaibalikend), Jamilli, and Karkijahan were looted and destroyed in the Khaibalikend massacre with 600-700 ethnic Armenians being killed by armed Kurdish irregulars and Azerbaijani soldiers.[1][2]
References
- Hovannisian, Richard. The Republic of Armenia: Vol. I, The First Year, 1918-1919. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1971, pp. 176-177, notes 51-52.
- (in Armenian) Vratsian, Simon. Հայաստանի Հանրապետութիւն (The Republic of Armenia). Paris: H.H.D. Amerikayi Publishing, 1928, pp. 286-87.
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