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Azmana Village Site

Georgia / Javakhk / Akhalkalak / Hokam

Location

A village site named Azmana extends in a plain located at an altitude of 1,714 to 1,720 metres above sea level, 4 kilometres west of Hokam.

Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 342.

Historical Introduction
1595 y․

One of the earliest sources bearing reference to this village is the Turkish tax list of 1595, according to which, it comprised 12 houses and paid 12,000 akches to the State Treasury.

”გურჯისტანის ვილაიეთის დიდი დავთარი”, էջ 228: Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 342.

1718 — 1719 yy․

In the days of Village Head Vaspi Ibrahim, viz. in 1718 to 1719, this tax amounted to 9,250 akches.

”ჩილდირის ეიალეთის ჯაბა დავთარი 1694-1732 წწ.”, էջ 157: Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 342.

1719 — 1720 yy․

It grew to 12,000 during the rule of Yusup Isaac (1719 to 1720).

”ჩილდირის ეიალეთის ჯაბა დავთარი 1694-1732 წწ.”, էջ 162: Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 342.

1726 — 1727 yy․

The state tax decreased to 7,000 in the times of Village Head Mehmed (1726 to 1727).

”ჩილდირის ეიალეთის ჯაბა დავთარი 1694-1732 წწ.”, էջ 192: Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 342.

Population
10 — 20 cc․

Between the 10th and 11th centuries, the inhabitants of Azmana were followers of the Greek faith, but not later than the 14th century, they returned to the bosom of the Armenian Apostolic Church. Stripped of its Armenian residents in the 18th century, Azmana was later re-inhabited by cattle-breeding Muslims. The available statistical sources of the early 20th century mention it as a purely Turkish village.

According to N. Berdzenishvili, the local inhabitants were Turkish Gharapapakhs (Tarakamas) at that time (ბერძენიშვილი ნ., idem, p.114). Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 342.

1914 y․

In 1914 it had 225 inhabitants who lived in the village until the banishment of 1944. In 1945 Azmana was brought back to life thanks to the arrival of 41 Georgian families from Prtena.

“Кавказский календарь на 1915 г.”, Тифлис, 1914, стр. 84. Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 342.

1969 — 1980 yy․

In 1969 the village was again stripped of its people, but it remained in this state until the late 1980s, when it revived thanks to the construction of several tens of houses intended for Ajar newcomers.