Havdur :: ARMENIAN LOCATIONS

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Iran (Country) / Western Atrpatakan (Province) / Salmast (District) / Havdur (Village)

Location

Havdur is situated 12.5 km north of Salmast City, at an altitude of 1,585 to 1,650 metres.

Karapetian. Samvel, History of Armenia, Salmast, vol. 2, Yerevan, 2019, p. 289.

Other Names

The village has also been mentioned by the names of Hovadar, Hovatar and Hoder, all of which seem to be just distorted forms of its initial name, Havdur.

Historical Introduction

In the early 19th century, “Havdur [is] an Armenian village of 500 houses.” It was almost totally abandoned as a result of the emigration that started after the Russo-Persian war of 1826 to 1828. Later it was largely re-populated by Kurds, the local Armenians forming only several families.

Intjitjian, p. 250.
Գորոյեանց Ն., Պարսկաստանի հայերը [N. Goroyants, The Armenians of Persia] (Tehran, 1968), p. 183.
Also see Պալունի, Վիճակագրական տեղեկութիւն Սալմաստ գաւառի հայ ազգաբնակութեան [Palouny, “Statistical Data Regarding the Armenian Population in Salmast District”], «Նոր-Դար» [Nor-Dar], no. 216, 10 December 1896, p. 3.
Karapetian. Samvel, History of Armenia, Salmast, vol. 2, Yerevan, 2019, p. 289.

In 1930 the village which had 360 Kurdish inhabitants was destroyed by an earthquake.

Tchalenko, Berberian, “The Salmas (Iran) Earthquake,” p. 157.
Karapetian. Samvel, History of Armenia, Salmast, vol. 2, Yerevan, 2019, p. 289.

Direction From the north-west
Author Samvel Karapetian
Date 2011 y․

Direction From the south
Author Sasun Danielian
Date 2017 y․

Name	Year/Century	Etymology
Hovdar
Hovadar
Hovatar
Hoder

Below follow the available statistical data of the last quarter of the 19th century regarding the Armenians of Havdur:

Dates	Armenian Houses	Armenians (Male)	Armenians (Female)	Total (Armenians)	Notes	Source
1875	5	19	17	36		Ararat, no. 3 (1876), p. 110. Karapetian. Samvel, History of Armenia, Salmast, vol. 2, Yerevan, 2019, p. 289.
1890	7					Գորոյեանց Ն., Պարսկաստանի հայերը [N. Goroyants, The Armenians of Persia] (Tehran, 1968), p. 183. Karapetian. Samvel, History of Armenia, Salmast, vol. 2, Yerevan, 2019, p. 289.
1895	7	27	22	49		Ararat, no. 2 (1896), p. 94. Karapetian. Samvel, History of Armenia, Salmast, vol. 2, Yerevan, 2019, p. 289.
1896	7	27	22	49		Պալունի, Վիճակագրական տեղեկութիւն Սալմաստ գաւառի հայ ազգաբնակութեան [Palouny, “Statistical Data Regarding the Armenian Population in Salmast District”], «Նոր-Դար» [Nor-Dar], no. 216, 10 December 1896, p. 3. Karapetian. Samvel, History of Armenia, Salmast, vol. 2, Yerevan, 2019, p. 289.
1898	7	27	22	49		Ararat, nos.11-12 (1898), p. 505. Karapetian. Samvel, History of Armenia, Salmast, vol. 2, Yerevan, 2019, p. 289.