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File No.97
Record of Examination
On this 21st day of December, 1918, in Guba
Novatski, the member of the Ad Hoc Investigation Commission
established by the Government of Azerbaijan, examined the person
named below as a witness, pursuant to the Criminal Court Regulations:
Shamsaddin Efendiyev, police superintendent, Davachi Pre-
cinct, Guba Uyezd, aged 30.
I am the police superintendent at Davachi Precinct, Guba Uyezd.
I was appointed to this position after Divichi’s devastation by the Ar-
menians. From what I know, in late spring this tear, a punitive unit
manned exclusively by Armenians and led by Amazasp, another eth-
nic Armenian, was moving from Baku to Guba. Along the line of its
march, the squad was looting and plundering all the residential areas
adjacent to the railroad. Up to ten villages were subject to pogrom
in the Precinct of Davachi only, with a large number of local Muslim
residents massacred. I can name no one else, except for Amazasp,
the squad leader. The Armenian village of Kelva is also located at my
Precinct. Neither before, nor after these events have this village ever
been attacked by the Muslims. Not a single villager of Kelva was af-
fected, and not a penny stolen from the Armenians by the Muslims.
There is nothing I can add to this.
Testimonies read out loud.
Signed by A.Novatski, a member of the Commission
Reference: SARA, f.1061, op.1, d.97, l.4-4(verso)
File No.98
Record of Examination
On this 22nd day of December, 1918, in Guba
Novatski, the member of the Ad Hoc Investigation Commission
established by the Government of Azerbaijan, examined the following
aggrieved person:
Records on Devastation of Villages of Guba Uyezd
Witness Testimonies of Residents of Guba Uyezd