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budaghov11 examined the upper part of the town of Guba with a view
to identifying the number of houses in Guba set afire by the punitive
squad of the Armenian troops in the course of the town’s devastation.
During the examination, the ruins of the following buildings were
taken photo of by photographer Baghirov: the residence of Mamma-
dali Useynov, premises of the Uyezd Administration, the Hajji Muslim
Baghirov domain housing the Muslim National Committee, as well as
residential houses of Hajji Majid Mammadov and Mammadhusseyn
Huseynov.
The examination revealed the following:
1) Bulvarnaya Street: 10 households set afire, 2 out of them
belong to the Muslims Ibrahimbey Shykhlyarski and Meshadi Ali
Husseynov. The rest 8 households belonged to the Armenians. Two
more Armenian households located in the same street were spared.
According to A.Alibeyov’s witness testimonies, the burnt Armenian
households were set ablaze by the Armenians themselves in the
course of the punitive squad’s withdrawal from Guba.
2) The following households burned down in a street with
no name: residence of a Muslim Bekir Mehraliyev housing the Town
Hall, an Armenian household of Sona Khanum Ter-Grigoryeva, Mus-
lim homes of Sattar Mammadyarov and Mammadali Aliyev, the Ma-
gistrate building owned by an Armenian Ter-Sarkisov, the Armenian
household of Karakoz Telmyarov. Another household of the same
Armenian across the Magistrate building was spared. According to
A.Alibeyov’s witness testimonies, the Armenian households were
burnt down by the same Armenians while withdrawing from Guba.
3) 2nd Bezymyannaya Street: household belonging to a Muslim
Idayat Amirbeyov looted.
4) Bazarnaya Street: 23 burned down Muslim households ow-
ned by the following residents: Gafar Orujov, Alibey Zizikski12, Ra-
jab Orujov, Youssufbey Abusalambayov, Youssuf Ismayilov, Iskender
Abdullayev, Hamid Mammadov, Museyyib Dadashov, Abasgulu Ja-
farov, Hajji Kerim Orujov, Abdulhalyq Maharramov, Mammad Rahi-
mov, Mammadali Usseynov, Hajji Muslum Baghirov, Aghahusseyn
Mammadov, Badal Tahirov, Hajibala Mammadyarov, Jabrayil Efendi
Efandiyev, Hajji Husseynbey Khalilbeyov, Mammad Tahirov and an Ar-
menian household of Isay Arutsunov. Eleven more houses set ablaze
on the same street are owned by Aliabas Karimov, Youssuf Hajji Kerim
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