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Note: Asaf Vahabov’s mother Aghakhanum Turab gyzy was
wounded in her arms, currently treated in Baku and has not reco-
vered yet.
Reference: SARA, f.1061, op.1, d.96, ll.25-26
File No.53
Record of Examination
On this 13th day of December, 1918, in Guba
Novatski, the member of the Ad Hoc Investigation Commission
established by the Government of Azerbaijan, examined the following
person as a witness, pursuant to the Criminal Court Regulations:
Witness: Meshadi Husseyngulu Soultanov, aged 70, a Guba
resident, literate.
When the Armenians assaulted the town of Guba, I fled to the
forest and was hiding there for several days unless they left. Upon my
returned to the town, I found my household, warehouse and shops
with all goods inside in ashes. Besides my home, a number of town’s
best residences were set afire. I could see dead bodies of men, women,
girls and other kids still uncollected. Some of the dead bodies were
defaced, with arms and legs cut off and bodies chopped by daggers
and pierced by bayonets. I fail to understand the causes of such an
atrocious and mass slaughter of the Muslims by the Armenians. I am
a total bankrupt now. The damage inflicted to me by the Armenians is
equal to a million and a half rubles in current exchange rate. There is
nothing I can add to this.
Read aloud and signed by Meshadi Husseyngulu Soultanov
Translated by E.Khanbudaghov (certified by a signature)
Signed by A.Novatski, the member of the Commission
Reference: SARA, f.1061, op.1, d.96, l.27
Documents on the Devastation of Guba
Witness Testimonies of Residents of the Town of Guba