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Government of the Republic of Azerbaijan
Extract from the Resolutions Register
(Logbook)
July 15, 1918
The Matter Reported: Report by the Minister of Foreign Affairs
regarding the establishment of the Ad Hoc Investigation Commission
to examine violence towards the Muslims and their assets.
The Decision Taken: To approve the Report by the Minister of
Foreign Affairs and to commission him with the arrangement of the
Ad Hoc Investigation Commission with a view to conducting examina-
tion of the violence committed towards the Muslim population all
over Transcaucasia since the beginning of the European War.
True copy
Signed by the Assistant Secretary
Reference: SARA, f.1061, op.1, d.95, l.2
DECREE
August 31, 1918, Ganja
In pursuance of the Government Decree of July 15, 1918, the Ad Hoc
Investigation Commission shall be established to include:
- The Chairman Alakbarbey Khasmammadov3, an attorney at law,
- Members: Ismayilbey Shahmaliyev4, the Ganja District Court,
Andrey Fomich Novatsky5 , the Ganja District Court, Nasraddinbey
Safikurdski6, Assistant Prosecutor, the Ganja District Court, Nicolay
Mikhaylovich Mikhaylov7, member of the Ganja Settlement Office,
W.Goodwill8, former Chairman of the Board of the Justices for Peace,
Councilor of the State, Mirza Javad Akhundzadeh, a teacher.
Daily rate shall be fixed as follows:
Chairman of the Commission: 60 rubles,
Public servants: 40 rubles,
Others: 50 rubles.
Transportation expenses shall be compensated based on the
actual costs. The Commission is authorized to invite the secretary,
experts and other persons it finds necessary.
Signed by F.Khoyski9 (acting on behalf of the Minister of Foreign
Affairs, A.Khasmammadov, the Chairman of the Commission.
Reference: SARA, f.1061, op.1, d.105, 2