Hmbanava :: ARMENIAN LOCATIONS

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Location

Hmbanava is situated 14.5 km west of Salmast City, at an altitude of 1,720 to 1,740 metres.

Karapetian. Samvel, History of Armenia, Salmast, vol. 2, Yerevan, 2019, p. 293.

Other Names

Other names used with reference to the village were Hambanava, Hombanava, Hombanabad, Humbanabad, Jembanav and Jembanava.

Karapetian. Samvel, History of Armenia, Salmast, vol. 2, Yerevan, 2019, p. 293.

Population

Until 1828 Hmbanava was one of the purely Armenian villages in Salmast District. In the late 19th century, it was already populated by Kurds, also having some Armenian inhabitants whose number kept decreasing in the course of time.

Karapetian. Samvel, History of Armenia, Salmast, vol. 2, Yerevan, 2019, p. 293.

The local Armenians who abandoned their native village in 1828 to 1829 resettled in what is today Vernashen Village of Vayots Dzor Region, Republic of Armenia.

Kajberuny, p. 398.
Karapetian. Samvel, History of Armenia, Salmast, vol. 2, Yerevan, 2019, p. 293.

The last Armenians left Hmbanava after an unprecedented Kurdish raid in 1897, when the village was reduced to ruins.

Armenia, no. 6, 11 September 1897, p. 3.
Karapetian. Samvel, History of Armenia, Salmast, vol. 2, Yerevan, 2019, p. 293.

In 2017 Hmbanava was an entirely Kurdish village of 70 families.

Karapetian. Samvel, History of Armenia, Salmast, vol. 2, Yerevan, 2019, p. 293.

Author Sasun Danielian
Date 2017 y․

General view of the village

Name	Year/Century	Etymology
Hambanava
Hombanava
Hombanabad
Humbanabad
Jembanav
Jembanava

Below follow the available statistical data regarding the Armenians of Hmbanava: the earliest of them date from the 1890s, substantiating what was stated above, namely the gradual decrease of the Armenians due to the repeated Kurdish attacks.

Dates	Armenian Houses	Armenians (Male)	Armenians (Female)	Total (Armenians)	Notes	Source
1890	15					Գորոյեանց Ն., Պարսկաստանի հայերը [N. Goroyants, The Armenians of Persia] (Tehran, 1968), p. 179. Karapetian. Samvel, History of Armenia, Salmast, vol. 2, Yerevan, 2019, p. 293.
1893	15					Ughevor, “Salmast,” Armenia, no. 31, 3 January 1894, p. 1. Karapetian. Samvel, History of Armenia, Salmast, vol. 2, Yerevan, 2019, p. 293.
1895	9	28	34	62	It should be noted that 7 of the locals were migrant workers.	Ararat, no. 2 (1896), p. 94. Karapetian. Samvel, History of Armenia, Salmast, vol. 2, Yerevan, 2019, p. 293.
1896	8	33	28	61	The village population also included 3 houses of Kurds.	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. 293.