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Records of examination
Novatski, a member of the Ad Hoc Investigation Commission, in the
presence of witnesses and with expert assistance of Guba resident
Mullah Hajjibaba Akhundzadeh examined the burned pieces of paper
hereby presented.
It was established that the burned pages were of the Holy
Qur’an and another ecclesiastical book not exactly identified. Two
other burned books appeared to be a Holy Qur’an and Shariah.
Signed by: the expert (using the Arabic characters)
E.Khanbudagov, the witness
A.Novatski, the AHIC member
Reference: SARA, f.1061, op.1, d.97, l.33
File № 21
Copy of the official letter by the Ad Hoc Investigation
Commission to the Uyezd Superintendent of Guba,
dd.: Dec.11, 1918, No.11
The Ad Hoc Investigation Commission hereby requests Your
Most Honorable Sir to instruct the area police superintendents and
elders of looted and plundered Muslim villages to present the follo-
wing documents no later than December 18 this year:
1) Verdicts by local communities naming all residents affected
in each village and enumerating assets plundered and destroyed, the
total sum of damage and the number of destroyed and looted house-
holds, mosques and other premises;
2) Rosters (lists) of all persons murdered in the course of forays
with indication of gender and age;
3) Rosters of persons dying while being on the run from starva-
tion, diseases and other deprivations;
Verdicts and rosters may be compiled in the Muslim language,
the Russian language is not mandatory. Samples of verdicts in both
Muslim and Russian are hereby enclosed.
The authentic copy signed by the Commission member
Authenticity verified by the office clerk
Note: URGENT
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