Seydlyar :: ARMENIAN LOCATIONS

21 Monuments

NKR (Country) / Kashatagh (District) / Seydlyar (Village)

Location

3 km southeast of Pirjahan, there is another village - Seidlar, situated at a distance of 500-600 m of the Hakari river, about 120 m above the bank (1110-1150 m above the sea).

Samvel Karapetian, Armenian Cultural Monuments in the Region of Karabakh, Yerevan, 2001, p. 168.

Description

Once the left bank of Hakari was occupied by old villages of rich historical past. Unfortunately, presently, the monuments of Armenian culture have reached us only in fragments. Particularly, during the Soviet rule the Kurds of Vaghazin, Artaship (Ardashep), Darakand, Tazakand, Ghozlu, Ghzilkakti (Pinga), Hakhnazar, Kaynarbulagh, Ghalafalegh, Bozghyunei, Zaqir, Baradin, Gharakishi, Bululduz (or Bazarduz)458, Ayibazar, Ipak and Tghik (Tighik) villages had been systematically destroying Armenian churches and cemeteries, and reusing the stones for their sheds and houses.

Samvel Karapetian, Armenian Cultural Monuments in the Region of Karabakh, Yerevan, 2001, pp. 168-169.

Name	Year/Century	Etymology
Bashdam	1812 — 1920 yy․