Qeybalı

Qeybalı or Ghaibalishen (Armenian: Ղայբալիշեն) is a village de fact in the Shushi Province of the Republic of Artsakh, and de jure in the Khojaly District of Azerbaijan.

Ghaibalishen
Ղայբալիշեն
Ghaibalishen
Coordinates: 39°46′35″N 46°43′40″E
Country Azerbaijan (de jure)
 Artsakh (de facto)
DistrictKhojaly (de jure)
ProvinceAskeran (de facto)
Time zoneUTC+4 (AMT)

History

According to the 1897 census, 381 Armenians and 133 Azerbaijanis lived in the village. [1]

In July 1919, about 600 Armenian inhabitants of the village were massacred by armed Kurdish irregulars and Azerbaijani soldiers. Qeybalı was looted and burnt.[2][3]

The village had an Azerbaijani majority prior to the First Nagorno-Karabakh War.[4]

References
  1. Первая всеобщая перепись населения Российской империи 1897 г. "Населенные места Российской империи в 500 и более жителей с указанием всего наличного в них населения и числа жителей преобладающих вероисповеданий, по данным первой всеобщей переписи населения 1897 г.", Санкт-Петербург, 1905, page. 30
  2. Hovannisian, Richard. The Republic of Armenia: Vol. I, The First Year, 1918-1919. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1971, pp. 176-177, notes 51-52.
  3. (in Armenian) Vratsian, Simon. Հայաստանի Հանրապետութիւն (The Republic of Armenia). Paris: H.H.D. Amerikayi Publishing, 1928, pp. 286-87.
  4. "Карта 33. Зона конфликта в Нагорном Карабахе (1988–1994...)". iriston.com.
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