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Bahlul, Azerbaijan

Coordinates: 39°49′N 46°44′E / 39.817°N 46.733°E / 39.817; 46.733
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Bahlul / Pahlul
Bəhlul / Փահլուլ
Bahlul / Pahlul is located in Azerbaijan
Bahlul / Pahlul
Bahlul / Pahlul
Coordinates: 39°49′N 46°44′E / 39.817°N 46.733°E / 39.817; 46.733
Country Azerbaijan
CityStepanakert (Khankendi)
Time zoneUTC+4

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

History

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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]

References

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  1. ^ Hovannisian, Richard. The Republic of Armenia: Vol. I, The First Year, 1918-1919. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1971, pp. 176-177, notes 51-52.
  2. ^ (in Armenian) Vratsian, Simon. Հայաստանի Հանրապետութիւն (The Republic of Armenia). Paris: H.H.D. Amerikayi Publishing, 1928, pp. 286-87.
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