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to run away and hide. Ultimately, they did not kill the Mullah and let
him go. The Mullah started imploring Amazasp to order his soldiers
to stop the loot and murder. Amazasp said he was not in a position
to halt that many people at once, however he felt sorry for us, and
he came here to restore the law and order so his demand that we live
peacefully and comply with the Armenian power. We were sent back
home then.
The Armenians went on slaughtering and looting for 9 days. On
the 9th day they left leaving a number of the town’s households in
ashes. Out of the Armenians I am familiar with, I only saw abovemen-
tioned Krikor in Amazasp’s squad, armed with a rifle and a dagger.
Several Armenian houses in our town were also set afire, however ma-
jority stayed intact. Everyone says the Armenians burned their homes
themselves while leaving with Amazasp’s squad. In 1905, not a single
Armenian was affected in Guba. The Armenians robbed me to the last
shirt, so I only own what is on me now.
I have not witnessed specific cases of rape. None of my close kin
or relatives were murdered either. That said, I heard of lots of Muslim
girls raped, however no specific names are known to me.
There is nothing I can add to this.
Read aloud to and signed by the witness in Arabic characters
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.45
File No.60
Record of Examination
On this 16th 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: Miralakbar Mirmammad oghlu, aged 55, a Guba
resident, literate.
In April this year, a squad of troops arrived here in Guba in or-
der to evacuate the remaining Armenians. The squad spent several