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Sheylanli Şeylanlı
Country Azerbaijan
Rayon Lachin
Elevation1,646 m (5,403 ft)
Time zoneUTC+4 (AZT)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+5 (AZT)

Sheylanli (Template:Lang-az; Template:Lang-ru) is a Kurdish 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.

Takhta Korpu Lachin Wintergrounds where Sheylanlis are currently living-2007

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.

History

Refugee life style for Sheylanlis in Takhta Korpu Lachin Wintergrounds-2007

The name of the village is related to the name of the tribe, Sheylanli, who had lived in the area until it was occupied by Armenian troops. After establishment of the USSR in official documents the area was named as Sheylanli village. According to Shamil Asgarov and other sources Sheylanli tribe is considered to be one of 24 kurdish tribes those were moved from Iran to Karabakh and Zangezur by Shah Abbas I of Iran in 16th century to fortify the borders of the Safavid Empire. After the occupation, as the victim of the war, an internally displaced persons, inhabitants of the village were forced to live in Takhta Korpu, which used to be Wintergrounds 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.

External links

  1. International Rescue Committee, Access to Potable and Irrigation Water in Lachin Wintergrounds.
  2. Map of Sheylanli
  3. Geography Population Map

References

  1. "Seylanli, Azerbaijan Page". Retrieved 2008-06-11.
  2. "Sheylanli Map — Satellite Images of Sheylanli". Retrieved 2008-06-11.
  3. Alesker Alekperov, Archaeology and Ethnography of Azerbaijan (a monograph in Russian; Baku, 1960, p.143)
  4. Sovetskaya Etnografiya. Moscow: Izd-vo Akademii nauk: Vol. 5-6: pp. 125 - 135. 1932. {{cite book}}: External link in |title= (help)
  5. Aristova, Tatiana Fedorovna (1966). Kurdy Zakavkazia, pp. 48, 53. Moscow: Izd-vo "Nauka," Glav. red. vostochnoĭ lit-ry, Index 1-6-2/111-66. {{cite book}}: External link in |title= (help)
  6. Negotiating a black hole, published in the Guardian
  7. Lachin: The Emptying Lands Institute for War & Peace Reporting
  8. U.S. Department of State - 1993 UN Security Council Resolutions on Nagorno-Karabakh
  9. "On Kurdish tribes in Caucasus". Retrieved 2008-07-05.
  10. Sharafnameh, Moscow, 1967, page 370, in Russian
  11. "IRC - Monthly Activity Report (January 1999)". International Rescue Committee. Retrieved 2008-07-10. Mentions the name of the refugee settlment as Seilanli in the Aghjabadi
  12. "Through a Child's Eye, [[International Rescue Committee|IRC]]". Retrieved 2008-07-10. {{cite web}}: URL–wikilink conflict (help)
  13. Karabakh in Documents
  14. Sheylanli
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