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Tikashen Village Site

Georgia / Javakhk / Akhalkalak / Jgrashen

Historical Introduction
1595 y․

The remnants of the village of Tikashen are preserved on the right bank of the river Parvana, half a kilometre north-east of Jgrashen. The gurjistanis vilaieTis didi davTari (1595) mentions it as comprising 15 houses (the list of the local Armenian house owners includes Astvatzatur, Ghara’s son Hanes, Avanes’s son Polad, etc.) and paying 17,500 akches to the State Treasury.

”გურჯისტანის ვილაიეთის დიდი დავთარი”, էջ 227: Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 429.

1710 y․

After the forced Islamisation of the inhabitants of Tikashen, in the days of Village Head Hyusein (1710 to 1711), the state tax levied on it amounted to 13,000 akches. A year later, when the village was governed by a certain Osman, it drastically decreased to 4,500 akches.

”ჩილდირის ეიალეთის ჯაბა დავთარი 1694-1732 წწ.”, էջ 135, 137-138: Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 429.

1717 — 1719 yy․

Tikashen paid 8,000 akches to the state between 1717 and 1718, under the rule of Village Head Suleyman, and 5,832 akches during 1718 and 1719, in the days of Ahmed Ali.