Guba, April-May 1918. Documented Pogroms of the Muslims
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Dadash Mussa oghlu, aged 38, elder of Saadan Community,
Davachi Precinct, Guba Uyezd, literate.
I am the elder of Saadan Community that embraces four villa-
ges, i.e.: Saadan, Charkhaneh, Darazarat and Saghlyjan. All together
the community includes 400 households located 4 versts away from
the railroad bed. When Amazasp’s unit placed in 9 echelons (railcars)
and manned exclusively by Armenians was moving towards Guba,
they attacked us and devastated all our villages, except for Saghlyjan.
The latter one was looted but not burned. As for the three other vil-
lages, they were both looted and burned, so a lot of households were
set afire. The mosque was burned down in Saadan village, as it was
also the case in the village of Charkhaneh. Five persons were mur-
dered, one woman among them, Shahnaz Ibrahimkhalil gyzy. Being
sick, she was stabbed to death by a bayonet. Another person stabbed
to death by bayonet was a sickly old man Garib Malik oghlu. The
pogrom-makers were Armenians only, none of them familiar to me.
The verdict on damages was already submitted by me. I have nothing
to add to this.
Testimonies read out loud and signed (in Arabic characters)
Signed by A.Novatski, a member of the Commission
Reference: SARA, f.1061, op.1, d.97, l.17-17(verso)
File No.99
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:
Najmaddin Ismayil oghlu, aged 39, elder of Alikhany Com-
munity, Davachi Precinct, Guba Uyezd, illiterate.
I am the elder of Alykhanly Community embracing the follo-
wing four villages: Alikhanly, Eyni-Bulagh, Kui-Bulagh and Gara, loca-
ted 12 versts away from the railroad bed. The community comprises
240 households. After the Easter46, a punitive squad manned exclu-
sively by Armenians, led by Amazasp and heading to Guba (the town