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Ahmedabad 1 Monuments

Azerbaijan (Country) / Northern Artsakh (Area) / Touz (District) / Ahmedabad (Village)

Location

The village lies on the left bank of the river Zakam, 20 kilometres south of the district centre, at an altitude of 740 to 780 metres above sea level.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 527.

Historical Introduction

Undoubtedly, the village, whose historical name has sunk into oblivion, remained Armenian-inhabited until the 1770s. In the late 19th century, when it belonged to Turkish landowner Zulghadarov, some cattle-breeding Turkish tribes settled down there.

Yeghishe Charents Art and Literature Museum. Sargis Kamalian Fund, copy-book No. 1, VI-11, p. 11.
Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 527.

Description
1890 y․

As stated in a record of 1890, “…To the north of Yelli Dagh extends the gorge of Ahmadi-Bad, opposite which, i.e. on the right bank of the river, the pier of an ancient bridge can be seen. The neighbourhood of the river abounds in all kinds of fruit-bearing trees, as if attesting to the large number of people once dwelling in these gorges and mountains.”

Yeghishe Charents Art and Literature Museum. Sargis Kamalian Fund, copy-book No. 1, VI-11, p. 35.
Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 527.