Dallyar-Jeir :: ARMENIAN LOCATIONS

Monuments

Azerbaijan (Country) / Northern Artsakh (Area) / Shamkhor (District) / Dallyar-Jeir (Village)

Location

The village extends 6 kilometres north of the district centre, at an altitude of 280 to 300 metres above sea level.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 478.

Historical Introduction

Until the late 19th century, the site, which belonged to landowner Musakhan Shamkhorski at that time, served as a winter encampment for some stock-breeding Turkish tribes. In the course of time, the present-day purely Turkish village came into being there.

National Archives of Armenia, fund 93, list 1, file 388, pp. 13-14.
Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2004, p. 478.

The available statistical data concerning the number of the local population represent the following picture:

Dates	Turkish Houses	Turks (Male)	Turks (Female)	Total (Turks)	Notes	Source
1804	43	74	85	159		Collected Acts of the Caucasian Archaeological Commission, vol. 2, Tiflis, 1868, vol. 2, p. 596; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 478.
1886	329	1123	790	1913		Yelizavetpol Province: A Statistical Survey Based on the Family Lists of Caucasia's Population. Tiflis, 1888, pp. 78-79; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 478.
1914				2008		Caucasian Calendar for 1915, Tiflis, 1914, p. 115; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 478.