It might no longer be an exaggeration to mention that the individuals who have skilled essentially the most misfortunes and tragedies in Azerbaijan, and who’ve repeatedly confronted wars and deportations, were our citizens and compatriots residing in Iravan district, Zangezur and Karabakh. On this article, we can communicate concerning the assaults on Goycha district, together with Zod village, which is a part of Iravan Khanate. First, let’s take a brief excursion of the historical past of Goyche district.
Till 1988, Goycha District, situated within the territory of Western Azerbaijan (now Armenia), round Goycha Lake, was once probably the most spaces the place Azerbaijanis lived compactly. Goycha, the district of Aggoyunlu, Safavids and Iravan khanate, was once step by step Armenianized after the Russian profession. All through the years of Soviet rule, all the way through the regionalization of the Armenian SSR, Goyche district was once artificially divided amongst 5 administrative districts. The inhabitants residing in Goyche district, which has huge pastures, was once most commonly engaged in agriculture, farm animals breeding, beekeeping, gardening, carpet making and fishing. Goycha is regarded as to be probably the most cradles of Azerbaijani love artwork. The area has given the literary and cultural historical past of Azerbaijan such well-known masters of song and phrases as Ashiq Ali, Ashiq Alasgar, Poet Mammadhuseyn, Ashiq Asad, Ashiq Gurban.
It must be famous that after the Azerbaijan Other people’s Republic was once established, Goycha district was once a part of it because the historic land of Azerbaijan. In 1918-1920, the territory of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic was once 114 thousand km². has been Since 1920, the brand new Russian Bolshevik empire, which occupied the ADR, illegally gave the territory of Zangezur district, Goycha district, Sharur district, Darelayaz district, and Dilijan district, which can be the territory of Azerbaijan, to Armenia.
Heroism of Mustafa Haji
In 1828, 1905, and 1948, Armenians dedicated horrible massacres, looting, and fires in Goycha district, in addition to in Zod village. In April 1918, the Armenian army detachment from Kavar besieged Chamurlu village of Garanlig (Martuni) district. The courageous son of the village, Mustafa Haji Nagdali, fought by myself with the Armenians, growing prerequisites for the removing of the village neighborhood, ladies and kids from the village. The thrashing lasts a very long time. As he fired with 3 rifles, the Armenians suppose that a number of folks participated within the capturing. The boss escapes, Mustafa Haji Nagdalı oglu shoots himself with the ultimate bullet.
On April 13-20, 1920, greater than 15,000 homes and assets of maximum villages of Basarkecher district have been looted, and 84 Muslim villages have been destroyed in Bayazid district. 625 folks have been killed in 15 villages of Sisyan area.
Stalin, the top of the Soviet govt, patron of the Armenians, wrote: “Let somebody know that the so-called Armenian query, which the previous imperialist diplomats attempted to unravel in useless, may simplest be solved through the Soviet govt.” In 1948-50, through the verdict of the Council of Ministers of the USSR dated December 23, 1947, greater than 8 thousand households have been moved from Western Azerbaijan to the lowland areas of Azerbaijan.
The most important migration of the native inhabitants from this historical Turkish land came about with the blessing of the ultimate president of the USSR, the infamous Mikhail Gorbachev. Ranging from December 1988, greater than 300 thousand Azerbaijanis have been deported from Armenia.
It’s identified from historic assets that the province of Armenia was once established on March 21, 1828 through the verdict of the Russian tsar. Ranging from that point, Azerbaijanis have been transferred from the Armenian province in numerous techniques. As a substitute of them, Armenians have been introduced from Turkey, Iran, Syria and different international locations.
The heroism of Samad Agha
One department of the 25,000-strong military created through the Dashnak govt in 1918 headed to Nakhchivan, Sisyan and the mountainous a part of Karabakh beneath the command of Basic Andranik, the second one department beneath the command of Basic Arynyan and Dro Ganyan to Yerevan, Zangezur, Vedibasara and Gamarli, and the 3rd department headed through Colonel S. Silikyan was once despatched to spoil the inhabitants of Goyce.
Profiting from the autumn of Tsar Nicholas II in 1917, Armenians captured 36 Muslim villages and drove the population to the mountains. When the Ottoman military entered Baku, the Armenians retreated in concern. With this, the native inhabitants returns to their properties.
On February 28, 1919, Captain Silikov, Korneta, Khachaturov and his adjutant, who escaped from the Turkish military and got here from Guba, got here to the village of Zod with 57 infantrymen with the intention to frighten the eyes of the native inhabitants. The kokha of the village takes Yunis bey Silikov and his crew to the home of Samad aga, a maestro, whose title is revered in Ganja, Nakhchivan, Western Azerbaijan. Once they ate and drank, Silikov advised Yunis Bey, “I’ve a phrase, acquire the elders of the village.” Kokha calls the elders. The Silikovs have been two brothers, the elder was once brief and dense, the opposite was once tall. The elder brother tells the folks that you simply must give 40 khalwars of grain and 12 carts of grass. The individuals are silent, since the daughter of Avanes agha from Basarkechar had knowledgeable them that they’d come to slaughter the Turks. This is why the elders Seyid Hasan, Seyid Sayad, Valioglu Javay, Mashadi Majoy and others solution that we wouldn’t have that a lot alternative. And he does no longer agree, since the Armenians knowledgeable him that Mashadi Agakishi oglu Ellar had 2 sheaves of unthreshed barley, in addition to different citizens of the village, had sufficient grain and grass reserves. Aga Samad, sensing the disaster of the location prematurely, sends chapar to the encircling villages. He is making an attempt to extend the time.
Molla Hashim from Zod, his son Baba, Bayram, Karbalayi Suleiman oglu, Kazim Mashadi Akbar oglu, Mashadi Molla Ali, Majoy, Alvand Nagi oglu, Bashir Hasanoglu, Ismayil Rahim oglu, Huseyn Rustam oglu, Molla Museyib, Kor Humbat, Mashadi Isa from Garaiman, Haji Rahim, Mashadi Gasim from Tashkent, Zavvar Karbalayi Afsar from Gayabaşı, Khakoy from Garagoyunlu, Jafar from Karbalayi, Ashiq Alasgar from Agkilsa, his son Bashir, Khokha Vali from Narimanli and others after consulting close to Samad Aga’s area, made up our minds that Silikov’s concept was once to kill the native inhabitants. Due to this fact, they make a decision to spoil Silikov and his gang.
So as to not burn down Mr. Samad’s area, Mashadi Isa enters and conveys to Silikov that the folks have agreed to his proposal, and takes Mashadi to Imish’s area within the title of foods and drinks. Once they walked about 500 meters, Mashadi Isa temporarily jumped over the fence, Silikov’s brother shot at him with a gun, and the bullet hit his hat. The group fires at Silikov’s crew. Silikov was once shot through the nobleman Gülanbaroğlu, and Kor Humbat killed his brother with a dagger. Silikov is wounded and runs away and enters the home of Alif guy. He shoots Meji, Kor Humbat, seeing the subject like this, demolishes the roof of the home and shoots him two times, however he nonetheless does no longer die. Haji Rahim from Tashkent kills him with a dagger. Kokha Yunis Bey was once wounded within the capturing, one particular person from Karagoyunlu died.
Whilst Basic Thomson was once in Yerevan, on March 18, 1919, the unlawful Armenian govt appealed to him that there was once an armed gang within the village of Zod. They request that the participants of that gang be held responsible through the Muslims. The folks of Zod made up our minds to retreat to Kalbajar as they learned that the Armenians would quickly assault the village. It occurs as they anticipated. Armenians assault with nice drive. For the reason that folks didn’t depart the village totally, Kor Humbat and Akbar Molla Ali oglu fought with the Armenians in Garatepe, at the outskirts of the village, within the position known as Uchug church, and didn’t allow them to close to the village. After the group leaves, they run down the creek and disappear. The folks of Zod can get away from Zod move to Soyudli, Demirchidam, Istibulag.
Armenians face severe resistance in Turkish villages. They arrived in Basarkechar on March 14, 1919, and began shelling the villages. Thus, 32 villages are got rid of from Goycha. All through that smuggling, loads of folks died within the mountains and hundreds of farm animals have been killed. Between Kalbajar and Zod, in a spot known as Dardara, farm animals and sheep fall right into a snowfall. That is why the title of that valley is named Sümüklü. The Entente states are actively serving to Armenians in committing this atrocity. That is written within the ebook “fortieth Anniversary of Soviet Armenia”:
“… Entente states have supplied nice army assist to the Dashnaks. England has promised to offer guns for the 40,000-strong military, France has promised to provide 10,000 rifles, 10 million cartridges,” and many others.
Samad Agha’s 40 turbines, huge farmland, and wealth remained in Goyche. From Basarkecher, the jeweler Avanes aga and different Armenians ship an order to Samad aga that we can offer protection to you, come again. Goyche elders make a decision that that is the following trick. Samad Agha, Kor Tanriverdi from Shishgaya, Ashiq Najaf from Dashkend have been in desire of reconciliation. All 3 of them and Ismayil Basarkechar of Mazreli pass to reconciliation. The coming of Samad Agha to Basarkechar reaches Dashnak military leader Alobyan. He comes and says to Samadaga: “Why did not you carry again the folks of Zod?” Samad Agha says: “Those that got here have come, and the remainder will come.”
Alobyan shoots Masim, Rza and Baba within the position known as “Fox hill”. Kor Tanrıverdin, Ashık Najaf, Mazreli Ismayil are dropped at Basarkechar and killed through torture. Ashik ties a sizzling samovar to Najaf’s again. Alobyan surrounds Shishgaya, fills the folks to the roof and burns them.
After the status quo of Soviet energy in Armenia in 1920, the surviving folks of Goyche returned to their hometown. Then again, the genocide in opposition to them persisted. In 1928, Arshaguniya, an Armenian from Turkey, led collectivization within the village of Zod. He allegedly arrested, exiled and killed the wealthy folks of the village within the title of resistance. In 1930, the valuables of 18 households within the village of Zod was once confiscated and exiled as handcuffs. Amongst them have been Mashadi Majoy, Bahlul, Molla Baba, Karbalayi Jamal, Ibrahimkhalil, Ali Hakhoy oglu and others. After probably the most exiles returned, they have been arrested once more in 1937.
Amongst the ones arrested, Molla Hashim studied in Iran for five years after which in Cairo for 8 years. Poet Abulfat was once arrested for his ebook “The Stone Visitor”. Even if Armenians are extra rich, simplest 6 Armenian “kulaks” and “golchomags” got here out of the area. Then they all have been not directly launched.
On the whole, Armenians in Goycha have time and again dedicated repression and deportation beneath more than a few pretexts. Their genocides won’t ever be erased from the reminiscence of our folks.
This text was once ready throughout the framework of the venture “Media protection of the problems coming up from the concept that of the go back of West Azerbaijanis and group of the exhibition” performed through the “Promotion of Journalist Tasks” Public Union with the monetary toughen of the State Enhance Company for NGOs.
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