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father and uncle, who were killed in the Armenian–Muslim tur-
moil in 1905–1096. However, facts demonstrate that his father and 
uncle were victims of their own criminal activity in 1905 -1906. 
According to the records of Baku Mikhailov hospital, in Febru-
ary 6, 1905, terror group killed 18 civilians and injured 33 people 
with the support of Armenian magnates Balabek Lalayev, Artyom 
Babayants, Isay Terosipov and others. 34 of them were Azerbaij an-
is, while 6 were Russians and others belonged to other nationali-
ties. The criminal gang killed roughly 100 civilians and wounded 
others in the following days. (28) 
The extent of the Armenian crimes in Shamakhi was so unprec-
edented that even the Bolshevik press of the time could not hide 
its att itude to this tragedy. However, they described these atroci-
ties against the Muslim population as “some injustice was done to 
local population”. 
Thousands of Muslims were killed in Shamakhi in a few days 
under the leadership of S. Lalayev and T. Amirov. The Muslims 
were included prominent people of Shamakhi, such as Molla 
Jafarguluakhund, head of the city Teymurbey Khudaverdov, 
deputy to the fi rst state Duma from ShamakhiMammedAliyev, 
Molla Haji Mehyeddinefendi, Hajibaba Abbasov, Ashraf Haji-
yev, Haji Abdul Khalil Ahmedov, Agha Ahmed Ahmedov, Haji 
Gany Zeynal , Haji Abdul Hussein Zeynalov, Haji Israfi l Mam-
madov, Mir Ibrahim Seidov, Haji Ibrahim Salamov, Haji Abdul- 
Gasim Gasimov, Eyyubaga Veysov, Zeynab Veysova, Aliabbasbey 
Ibrahimbeyov, Alakbar Gadirbeyov, Abdurrehimagha Agalarov, 
Zekeriyye eff endi Mehdi Khalil, Ziyaddin Abdullayev, Haji 
Molla Hasan Zeynalov, Mahmud Hajiagaoglu and many others. 
During this period, 13 district mosques and well-known holy site 
Juma mosque, one of the most ancientones in the South Cauca-
sus and in the Middle East, built in the 743 were burnt by Arme-

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nians. This mosque was dear to Muslims as a holy site and as an 
ancient monument. Many women and children were taken to the 
refuge in the mosque. They thought that Armenians could not 
dear to att ack the mosque with the presence of Molla Jafargulu 
Akhund, who had great authority among the population. How-
ever, the Armenian gangsters chopped off  akhund’s eyes and cut 
off  his tongue, ear and nose as they entered the mosque. More-
over, they cut his entire skin as he was alive and shot him dead 
aft erwards. Later,the civilians were put together into the mosque 
and were burnt. (29) 
 Diff erent information is available on the number of those who 
was killed in the March-April, 1918 massacre in Shamakhi. Some 
sources indicate the number as 7 thousand, some 8 thousand, 
while others 8-12, and even 40 thousand. The literature writt en 
in exile in 1920 noted up to 12 thousand,and even 17 thousand in 
a diff erent source, as the number of those who was killed in Sha-
makhi. (30) 
 The Emergency Investigation Commission established by 
Azerbaij an Democratic Republic determined the number of civil-
ians, killed by Armenians in the March-April, 1918in 58 villages 
of Shamakhi, where predominantly Azerbaij anis lived, as the fol-
lowings. 
№
Name of the 
villages
 The number of human losses
Wounded
Male
Female
Children
 1
Jayirli
40
20
15
 4
 2
Arabgadim
200
100
78
 No
 3
Jamjamli
15
5
 6
 No
 
4
Mırtı
4
 
1
 
-
 5
Talısh -Malik
11
4
 1
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 6
Mirikend
8
9
 2
 No
 7
Sharadil
10
5
 5
 No
 8
Gushchu
192
115
25
 No
 9
Shikhmazid
10
5
3
 No
 10
Upper Chagan
1
-
-
 -
 11
Agabayli
7
3
4
 No
 12
Garavalli
40
50
30
 No
 13
BarbarNavahı
15
10
5
No
 14
Gorus -Chaparlı
10
15
10
 1
 15
Kurdamir
25
-
-
 -
 16
Gonagkend
25
5
4 
 No
 17
Ovjulu
5
10
12
 No
 18
Bagırlı
80
150
140
 No
 19
Takali
360
412
150
 No
 20
Hajılı
40
60
30
 No
 21
Dilman
300
235
50
 No
 22
Kalva
250
150
100
 2
 23
Khatman
60
40
20
 No
 24
Surakhanı
11
3
6
 No
 25
Khasigara
46
20
16
 No
 26
Tirgan
300
40
20
 No
 27
Talıshnuru
20
5
-
 -
 28
Serdakar
8
12
8
 No
 29
Zergeva
40
4
5
 No
 30
Khankendi
12
8
-
 No
 31
Tabiya
12
3
2
 No
 32
Makahı
6
1
1
 
No

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 33
Taglabiyan
7
22
7
 No
 34
Girdivan
10
5
7
 No
 35
Kalarag
1
-
-
 -
 36
Bizlan
50
30
20
 No
 37
Muji
150
50
25
 No
 38
Gıraltan
30
20
21
 No
 39
Pirgarachukha
4
3
5
 No
 40
Sulut
38
1
4
 -
 41
Zeyva
30
20
32
 No
 42
Nuran
30
50
37
 No
 43
Nuydi
40
7
10
 No
 44
Gashad
50
40
27
 No
 45
Sundi
250
-
-
 -
 46
Shıkhlar
4
-
-
 -
 47
Balka
16
-
-
 -
 48
Agsu
200
-
-
 -
 49
Gamali
9
18
16
 -
 50
Malik chobanı
10
-
-
 -
 51
Chukhanlı
52
-
-
 -
 52
Gurbanchı
93
-
 -
 -
 53
Maraza
300
-
-
 -
 54
Nabır
60
-
-
 
-
 55
Garaduzlu
8
-
-
 -
 56
Arabshahverdi
22
-
-
 -
 57
ChaylıVahidbeyli
5
-
-
 -
 58
Shikhzerli
?
-
-
 -
Total
3632
1771
956
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