Guba, April-May 1918. Documented Pogroms of the Muslims

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File No.110

Record of Examination

On this 22

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:

Hassan-bey Shykhlyarski, aged 40, resident of Shykhlyar vil-

lage, Mushkur Precinct, Guba District, literate.

In late April this year, a squad of Armenian troops led by Ama-

zasp attacked our village on the way to Guba. Our village of Shykhlyar

was razed to the ground. All households and constructions set ablaze

and all personal assets plundered. Then the same unit leveled the re-

sidential area with a Bazar at Khachmaz Station. Here we had about a

hundred constructions of various type, such as residential premises,

shops, storehouses, barns, etc., all of them reduced to ashes. Besides

our constructions, households and facilities of other people were also

burned down. I cannot name any of the pogrom-makers, as these

were the people from Amazasp’s squad. By devastating Shykhlyar es-

tate and Khachmaz railway station the Armenians inflicted me the

detriment exceeding 2 million rubles in the exchange rate of the day.

My Shykhlyar estate is a part of Krakli Community, whereas Shollar

train station is incorporated into Garagurltly Community. Nothing to

add to this.

Testimonies read out loud to the victim (in Arabic characters)

Signed by: A.Novatski, a member of the Commission

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