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Testimonies read out loud and signed
Translated and signed by E.Khanbudagov
Signed by A.Novatski, a member of the Commission
Reference: SARA, f.1061, op.1, d.97, l.47-47(verso)
File No.104
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 following
aggrieved person:
Mullah Seyfaddin Hidayat oghlu, aged 50, parish mullah of
Gybla-Kreyz village, Mushkurd Precinct, Guba Uyezd.
I am a parish mullah at Gybla-Kreyz Community, Mushkur Pre-
cinct, Guba Uyezd. Our community comprises 11 tiny villages tota-
ling 200 households. The villages are located 5 versts away from the
railroad. When the Armenian punitive unit led by Amazasp was mo-
ving from Baku to Guba, a part of this unit manned exclusively by Ar-
menians under command of someone Nicolay, an Armenian, a lower
station officer, attacked our community and devastated it completely.
About 5 villages were burned, whereas others looted and personal
assets plundered. Three mosques and two schools were burned to
ashes. One of the mosques was located in the same building with
the school. Together they cost 10 thousand rubles. About 10 persons
were murdered by the Armenians. Verdicts on households looted and
damages suffered were already submitted by us. I have nothing to
add to this.
Testimonies read out loud to and signed by the victim
Translated and signed by E.Khanbudagov
Signed by A.Novatski, a member of the Commission
Reference: SARA, f.1061, op.1, d.97, l.77-77(verso)