Sheylanli
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Sheylanli (Şeylanlı) | |
Location of Sheylanli in Lachin | |
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Country | Azerbaijan |
District | Lachin |
Elevation [1] | 1,646 m (5,403 ft) |
Time zone | AZT (UTC+4) |
- Summer (DST) | AZT (UTC+5) |
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Sheylanli (Azerbaijani: Şeylanlı) is a kurdish[3] village in Lachin district of Azerbaijan. Since May 17, 1992 the village together with Lachin district have been under control of the Armenian Military forces[4][5][6].
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Geography
The village is located on the Lesser Caucasus mountains, more precisely, in the north part of the Lachin district and the west side of Hakari River (almost in the source) 330 km from Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan Republic. [7]
History
The name of the village is related to the name of a tribe, Sheylan, which had lived in the area until the Nagorno-Karabakh war. After establishment of the USSR in official documents the area was named as Sheylanli village. Sharafnameh, by Sherefxan Bidlisi, and other sources tell us that Shah Abbas I of Iran moved 24 Kurdish tribes from Qaradagh region of Iran to Karabakh and Zangezur in order to fortify the borders of the Safavid Empire.[8][9] Kurdish historian and writer Shamil Askerov (in Azerbaijan) and other sources[10] show that Sheylan tribe is one of those 24 tribes that were moved to Karabakh in 1586. After the area occupied by the Armenian Military forces inhabitants of the village resettled in Takhta Korpu which used to be winter pastures of Lachin in Aghjabadi district during the USSR.
Sheylanli was surrounded by several historical, cultural and architectural monuments as well, such as an arch bridge on Hakari River[11][12].
References
- ^ Seylanli, Azerbaijan Page. Retrieved on 2008-06-11.
- ^ Sheylanli Map — Satellite Images of Sheylanli. Retrieved on 2008-06-11.
- ^ Voice of Karabakh
- ^ Negotiating a black hole, published in the Guardian
- ^ Lachin: The Emptying Lands Institute for War & Peace Reporting
- ^ U.S. Department of State - 1993 UN Security Council Resolutions on Nagorno-Karabakh
- ^ WorldCityDB.com
- ^ Sharafnameh, Moscow, 1967, page 370, in Russian
- ^ Kurds in Azerbaijan
- ^ A. Alekberov “Esseys on the study of Kurdish culture” in Russian, Baku 1936, page 40-62
- ^ Karabakh in Documents
- ^ Sheylanli