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

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festivity commemorating the Exodus from Egypt. It starts on the 14

th

day of the

spring month of Nissan and is celebrated for 7 subsequent days within Israel and 8

days outside Israel.

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This implies

the ethnic Azeri Turks, originating from Iran and migrating

en masse from the Azerbaijani-populated areas of Iran to the Caucasus looking for

jobs.

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Hajji-Irzayev Abbasali-bey,

a lawyer by training, never employed in public

service, a member of the Ad Hoc Investigation Commission at the Government of

the Democratic Republic of Azerbaijan as of January 27, 1919, downsized due to

the Commission’s decreasing workload on May 1, 1919. No further information

available.