Surmali

The Surmali uyezd in 1903

Surmali (Armenian: Սուրմալու Surmalu;[1] Azerbaijani: Sürməli; Russian: Сурмали) was a district of Persia's Erivan khanate and later one of the districts (an uyezd) of the Erivan Governorate of the Russian Empire.[2] It corresponds to the Iğdır Province of modern Turkey.

Etymology

"Surmali" derives from the name of the old Armenian city of "Surmari" which evolved from "Surb Mari" (Armenian: Սուրբ Մարի "Saint Mary").[3][1] The castle of Surmari still stands today in the village of Sürmeli on the Armenian border in the Tuzluca district of Turkey's Iğdır Province.

Demographics

According to the Russian family lists accounts from 1886, of the total 71,066 inhabitants of the districts 34,351 were Azerbaijanis (48.3%, mentioned as 'Tatars' in the source), 22,096 Armenians (31.1%) and 14,619 Kurds (20.6%).[4]

According to the 1897 Russian Empire Census, the population of the district was 89,055, of which 41,417 Azerbaijanis (46.55%), 27,075 Armenians (30.4%), 19,099 Kurds (21.45%), 1,361 Russians (including Ukrainians and Belarusians).[5] The largest city in the district was Igdir with a total population of 4,680, of which 3,934 (84.05%) were Armenian and 559 Russian (11.94%).[6][7]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Danielyan, E. L. (2010). "Հայոց պատմական և քաղաքակրթական արժեհամակարգի պաշտպանության անհրաժեշտությունը [On the Necessity of Protecting Armenian Historical and Civilizational System of Values]". Lraber Hasarakakan Gitutyunneri (in Armenian) (3): 68. ISSN 0320-8117. ...Սուրմալուի (Սուրբ Մարի) գավառը...
  2. ↑ Hovannisian, Richard G. (1971). The Republic of Armenia: The first year, 1918-1919. Berkeley: University of California Press. p. 229. ISBN 9780520018051.
  3. ↑ de Clavijo, Ruy González (2004). Embassy to Tamerlane, 1403-1406. London: RoutledgeCurzon. p. 186. ISBN 9780415344890. Surmari, Sulmari, or Sulmari, the Armenian Surb Mari, that is Saint Mary...
  4. ↑ (Russian) Свод статистических данных о населении Закавказского края, извлечённых из посемейных списков 1886 года, г. Тифлис, 1893
  5. ↑ 1897 census, Surmali uyezd Demoscope Weekly
  6. ↑ 1897 census, Igdir city Demoscope Weekly
  7. ↑ (Russian) Первая Всеобщая перепись населения Российской империи 1897 г. Том 24, Эриванская губерния, г. Санкт-Петербург, 1905

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