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Location

Sheytanava Village was situated 5.7 km south-east of Salmast City, on the left (formerly right) bank of the Zola River, at an average altitude of 1,345 metres.

Աթայեան Ա., Սալմաստ [A. Atayan, Salmast] (New Jugha, 1906), p. 53.
Karapetian. Samvel, History of Armenia, Salmast, vol. 2, Yerevan, 2019, p. 523.

Name Origin

The village has also been mentioned as Sheytanabad, Sheytanapat: “The name of the village takes its origin from the Arabic word “sheytan” (meaning devil) and the Kurdish “ava” (avad, abad—settlement); why it is called that way, the villagers don’t know.”

Աթայեան Ա., Սալմաստ [A. Atayan, Salmast] (New Jugha, 1906), pp. 52-53.
Karapetian. Samvel, History of Armenia, Salmast, vol. 2, Yerevan, 2019, p. 523.

Population

In 1890, it was mentioned that “The Armenians are living here mixed with the Turks.” This fact gives us ground to think that a considerable part of the Armenian population of Sheytanava Village emigrated in1828, after which the houses of those Armenians were possessed by the Kurds from nearby settlements. In 1896, there were 30, and already in 1905, 62 Turkish houses in the village.

Գորոյեանց Ն., Պարսկաստանի հայերը [N. Goroyants, The Armenians of Persia] (Tehran, 1968), p. 183.
Palouny, “A Letter from Persia,” Nor-Dar, no. 216, 10 December 1896, p. 3.
Աթայեան Ա., Սալմաստ [A. Atayan, Salmast] (New Jugha, 1906), p. 53.
Karapetian. Samvel, History of Armenia, Salmast, vol. 2, Yerevan, 2019, p. 523.

The comparison of the statistical data of the number of the Armenian population of Sheytanava Village shows that, if in 1896 the Armenians (20 houses) composed the majority in the village, then in 1905 the Armenian population got reduced 4 times in contrast with the Turkish one.

Karapetian. Samvel, History of Armenia, Salmast, vol. 2, Yerevan, 2019, p. 523.

Earthquakes

The 1930 earthquake destroyed the 80% of Sheytanava Village having only 90 inhabitants (one was killed in the quake). In the same year they started evacuating the population of the village.

Tchalenko, Berberian, “The Salmas (Iran) Earthquake,” p. 158.
Karapetian. Samvel, History of Armenia, Salmast, vol. 2, Yerevan, 2019, p. 523.

Economic Life

In 1905, the village belonged to a lord, what is more, the Armenians of it had no lands: “The village has an agha (owner), and no Armenian has any land.”

Աթայեան Ա., Սալմաստ [A. Atayan, Salmast] (New Jugha, 1906), p. 53.
Karapetian. Samvel, History of Armenia, Salmast, vol. 2, Yerevan, 2019, p. 523.

Priests

In 1905, the priest of the village of Drishk held the priesthood of Sheytanava (a village with few Armenians) as well.

Աթայեան Ա., Սալմաստ [A. Atayan, Salmast] (New Jugha, 1906), p. 53.
Karapetian. Samvel, History of Armenia, Salmast, vol. 2, Yerevan, 2019, p. 524.

Description

In 2017, it was found out that in the place of the bygone church and cemetery orchards were planted long ago. The territory where once stood the village is covered by the orchards as well.

Karapetian. Samvel, History of Armenia, Salmast, vol. 2, Yerevan, 2019, p. 524.

Author Sasun Danielian
Date 2017 y․

The territory of nowadays orchards where once were located the village, the church, and the cemetery

Author Sasun Danielian
Date 2017 y․

The territory of nowadays orchards where once were located the village, the church, and the cemetery

Name	Year/Century	Etymology
Sheytanabad
Sheytanapat

Population:

Dates	Armenian Houses	Armenians (Male)	Armenians (Female)	Total (Armenians)	Notes	Source
1860	11	38	35	73		Mkhitariants, “A Statistical List,” p. 1. Karapetian. Samvel, History of Armenia, Salmast, vol. 2, Yerevan, 2019, p. 523.
1864	7					National Archives of Armenia, fund 429, list 1, file 100, p. 102. Karapetian. Samvel, History of Armenia, Salmast, vol. 2, Yerevan, 2019, p. 523.
1875	12	44	36	80		Ararat, no. 3 (1876), p. 110. Karapetian. Samvel, History of Armenia, Salmast, vol. 2, Yerevan, 2019, p. 523.
1876	10					Meghu Hayastani, no. 47, 4 December 1876, p. 1. Karapetian. Samvel, History of Armenia, Salmast, vol. 2, Yerevan, 2019, p. 523.
1890	15					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. 523.
1895	21	51	56	107		Ararat, no. 2 (1896), p. 94. Karapetian. Samvel, History of Armenia, Salmast, vol. 2, Yerevan, 2019, p. 523.
1896	20	61	46	107		Palouny, “A Letter from Persia,” Nor-Dar, no. 216, 10 December 1896, p. 3. Karapetian. Samvel, History of Armenia, Salmast, vol. 2, Yerevan, 2019, p. 523.
1898	21	61	46	107		Ararat, nos. 11-12 (1898), p. 505. Karapetian. Samvel, History of Armenia, Salmast, vol. 2, Yerevan, 2019, p. 523.
1905	19	45	42	87		G. Hovsepian’s Archives, folder 91, document 14, p. 11. See also Atayan, p. 53, and the insert (9 people were in emigration to earn living). Materials for the History of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation Party, vol. 4, p. 267. Karapetian. Samvel, History of Armenia, Salmast, vol. 2, Yerevan, 2019, p. 523.
1914	15					The Armenian Genocide in Ottoman Turkey, vol. 3, p. 376. Karapetian. Samvel, History of Armenia, Salmast, vol. 2, Yerevan, 2019, p. 523.