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Sarvan - a village in Guba Uyezd, incorporated into
Gushchu Community, the Police Precinct of
Davachi, subject to pogrom; nowadays a part of
Cholgushchu rural administrative unit, Shabran
District (former Davachi).
Sayad - a village in Guba Uyezd, incorporated into the
same name Community, the Police Precinct of
Mushkur, subject to pogrom; nowadays a part
of Kalaghan rural administrative unit, Khachmaz
District.
Seyyidler - a village in Guba Uyezd, incorporated into Khu-
dat Community, the Police Precinct of Mushkur,
subject to pogrom; nowadays a part of Old Khu-
dat rural administrative unit, Khachmaz District.
Shemakha - a town and an administrative center of the same
name District. The old names of the town include
Sharvan, Ashmah, Shirvan, Shah-Mah, etc. In the
8-16th centuries Shemakha enjoyed the status
of capital of the Shirvanshah State, whereas in
the 18-19th centuries it was the capital of Shirvan
(Shemakha) Khanate. In 1840-1846, Shemakha
was the administrative center of the Caspian Re-
gion, and then the Province of the same name
until 1959. Nowadays Shemakha is the center of
the eponymous administrative district within the
Republic of Azerbaijan.
Shikhlyar - a village in Guba Uyezd, incorporated into
Kragly Community, the Police Precinct of Mush-
kur, subject to pogrom; nowadays a part of Ghy-
mylgyshlag rural administrative unit, Khachmaz
District.
Shirvan - The name of a historic area and the state in
the South Caucasus, on the western shore of
the Caspian Sea, stretching from Derbend in
the north all the way down to the Kura River’s
delta in the south. At the moment an integral
part of Azerbaijan’s territory.