Official Name: | Baharly / Moshkhmhat |
Native Name: | Baharlı / Մոշխմհատ |
Pushpin Map: | Azerbaijan#Karabakh |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Azerbaijan |
Subdivision Type1: | District |
Subdivision Name1: | Khojaly |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population As Of: | 2015 |
Population Total: | 64 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | AZT |
Utc Offset: | +4 |
Coordinates: | 39.6831°N 46.8519°W |
Baharly (Azerbaijani: Baharlı; formerly Quşçubaba)[2] [3] or Moshkhmhat (Armenian: Մոշխմհատ, Azerbaijani: Moşxmhat) is a village in the Khojaly District of Azerbaijan. The village had an ethnic Armenian-majority population prior to the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war, and also had an Armenian majority in 1989.[4]
During the Soviet period, the village was part of the Askeran District of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast. After the First Nagorno-Karabakh War, the village was administrated as part of the Askeran Province of the breakaway Republic of Artsakh. The village was captured by Azerbaijan on 7 November 2020, during the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war.[5]
Historical heritage sites in and around the village include the monastery of Ghevondyats Anapat (Armenian: Ղևոնդյաց անապատ, also known as the monastery of Ghondik, Armenian: Ղոնդիկ) from between the 5th and 19th centuries, a 12th/13th-century khachkar, a 17th-century spring monument, a 17th/18th-century bridge, a 19th-century cemetery, a 19th-century watermill, and the 19th-century church of Surb Astvatsatsin (Armenian: Սուրբ Աստվածածին,).[1]
The village had 61 inhabitants in 2005,[6] and 64 inhabitants in 2015.[1]