Veri Spring :: ARMENIAN HISTORICAL MONUMENTS

Veri Spring 1890 y․

Azerbaijan / Northern Artsakh / Shamkhor / Bada

Historical Introduction
1890 y․

Veri or Shahbazi Spring, which enjoyed great fame, ran near the local parish church. It was built by Arshak Tzeratian in the early 1890s: “The water of Veri Spring or Shahbazi, which has a trough, flows through a pipe, its sheets being three inches thick. The late Arshak Tzeratiants, a resident of Bada, had it extended up to the church at his own expense so that the local people might be able to use it...”

Kajberuny. The Destruction of Bada Village. In: “Ararat,” 1910, p. 229.
Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 459.

Inscription, Armenian, Engraved, Commemoration 1894 y․

In January 1894, Poghos Tzeratiants had the following lines engraved on the spring:
May this ever-streaming, abundant spring, with its sweet, cool water, perpetuate the memory of Arshak Tzeratiants and my hard-working Armenian brothers from Bada Village. May you pray for the repose of their souls and may your dead relatives rest in peace. 6. 1. 1894.
The Armenian original published in: Kajberuny. The Destruction of Bada Village. In: “Ararat,” 1910, p. 229.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, pp. 459-460.

Name	Year/Century	Etymology
Shahbazi