Bahlul, Azerbaijan Explained

Official Name:Bahlul / Pahlul
Native Name:Bəhlul / Փահլուլ
Pushpin Map:Azerbaijan
Pushpin Mapsize:300
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Azerbaijan
Subdivision Type1:City
Subdivision Name1:Stepanakert (Khankendi)
Utc Offset:+4
Coordinates:39.8167°N 90°W

Bahlul (Azerbaijani: Bəhlul) or Pahlul (Armenian: Փահլուլ) is a village near the city of Stepanakert in Azerbaijan.

History

In June 1919, the village and the neighboring villages of Ghaibalishen (Khaibalikend), Jamilli, and Karkijahan were looted and destroyed in the Khaibalikend massacre with 600-700 ethnic Armenians being killed by armed Kurdish irregulars and Azerbaijani soldiers.[1] [2]

Notes and References

  1. [Richard G. Hovannisian|Hovannisian, Richard]
  2. Vratsian, Simon. Հայաստանի Հանրապետութիւն (The Republic of Armenia). Paris: H.H.D. Amerikayi Publishing, 1928, pp. 286-87.