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Gharamusali Monuments

Azerbaijan (Country) / Northern Artsakh (Area) / Kasum-Ismayilov (District) / Gharamusali (Village)

Location

The village is situated 14 kilometres north of the district centre, at an altitude of 100 to 110 metres above sea level.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 318.

Foundation
19 c․

It was founded in the late 19th century by the Turkish tribe of Gharamusali, which had changed to a sedentary life.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 318.

Population
1865 y․

Due to their nomadic mode of life, the same members of the tribe were registered in different places, as a result of which their number was highly exaggerated. With this connection, a researcher wrote the following in 1865, “For example, let us take Gharamusanli Village: according to some documents, it comprises 50 families, but actually they amount to only 26...”

Meves, V. Articles on Yelizavetpol District. In: “Kavkaz,” 1865, No. 88, p. 440 (the original reads, “Да вот, хотя бы деревня Карамусанлы. В этой деревне по камеральному описанию записано 50 дымов, а в натуре их только 26...”).
Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 318.

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

Dates	Turkish Houses	Turks (Male)	Turks (Female)	Total (Turks)	Notes	Source
1886	129	303	237	540	The results of the population census carried out in 1886 are exaggerated and, therefore, untrustworthy.	Yelizavetpol Province: A Statistical Survey Based on the Family Lists of Caucasia's Population. Tiflis, 1888, pp. 82-83; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 318.
1908				246	Evidently, the statistical report of 1908 is absolutely reliable.	Caucasian Calendar for 1910, Tiflis, 1909, p. 276; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 318.
1914				292	Evidently, the statistical report of 1914 is absolutely reliable.	Caucasian Calendar for 1915, Tiflis, 1914, p. 135; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 318.