File No.5

The Republic of Azerbaijan

The Municipal Duma (Council) of Guba

December 12, 1912

Reference No.204, Guba

URGENT

To: H.E. Member of the Ad Hoc Investigation Committee

In response to your letter Ref.No.9 dd.:Dec.11, 1918 we have an

honor of presenting Your Honorable Sir the following information:

1) Prior to the devastation of Guba by the Armenian punitive squad,

the town’s overall population was estimated at 20 thousand resi-

dents, men and women, with estimated 10 thousand houses.

2) Attack on Guba resulting in its devastation occurred on May 1,

1918.

3) Around two hundred Muslim-owned households and other facili-

ties plundered and set afire in Bazarnaya, Komendatskaya, Bakikha-

novskaya and Bulvarnaya Streets.

4) No burnt or looted mosques were found, however an attempted

arson was prevented by one of the witnesses.

5) Armenian residents of Guba were scattered all over the city num-

bering around 500.

6) A town plan stored at the Guba Municipality burnt together with

the building, therefore I have hard times presenting precise data,

the fact to be officially confirmed while providing testimonies to

you.

Signed by Alibeyov

, Head of the Guba Municipality

Secretary: Vahabov

Reference:

SARA, f.1061, op.1, d.96, ll.1-2

Correspondence of the Ad Hoc Investigation Commission. Records of the Investigation and

Judiciary Agencies of the Democratic Republic of Azerbaijan and

the Soviet Socialist Republic of Azerbaijan