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Khozabir Village Site

Georgia / Javakhk / Akhalkalak / Kartzakh

Location

On the eastern shore of Lake Khozapin, 3 kilometres south of Kartzakh the village site of Khozabir (Khozabin) is situated.

Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 290.

Historical Introduction
757 y․

The earliest written record on Khozabir dates from 757 and mentions it as the place where one of the Arab emirs governing Armenia yielded up his soul to God: “...in the year 206 (757), Emir of Armenia Khalt-ibn-Yezit came and advanced to Georgia with a large multitude. And he died in one of the villages of Javakhk called Khozabir.”

Ստեփանոս Տարօնեցւոյ Ասողկան Պատմութիւն Տիեզերական, Ս. Պետերբուրգ, 1885, էջ 106: Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 290.

1595 y․

The Ottoman tax list of 1595 mentions the village by the name of Khozapun as comprising a purely Armenian population of 15 houses and paying 15,000 akches to the state. The list of the local house proprietors includes names such as Astvatzatur, Avag, Grigor, Manuk, Hanes, Hovhannes, Shahun, etc.

“გურჯისტანის ვილაიეთის დიდი დავთარი”, էջ 285-286: Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 290.

Name Origin

The name of Khozabir must have derived from the lake of the same name (the village located closest to its shore is Kartzakh).

Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 290.

Name	Year/Century	Etymology
Khozabin
Khozapun	1595 y․