Aşağı Əylis (also rendered as Ashaghy Aylis, Ashaga Aylis, Ashagy Aylis) or Agulis ( hy, Ագուլիս) is a village and municipality in the
Ordubad District of
Nakhchivan,
Azerbaijan. It is located in the near the Ordubad-Yuxarı Aylis highway, 3 km in the east from the district center, on the bank of the Aylis River. Its population is busy with gardening, farming, animal husbandry. There are secondary school, club and a medical center in the village. It has a population of 1007.
The village was an important settlement of the
Vaspurakan province of the
Kingdom of Armenia or the Vaspurakan Kingdom, and many Armenian merchants trading along the
Silk Road
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were said to have Agulis as hometown.
Some historical
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Churches that were in the area include St. Stepanos Church,
St. Tovma Monastery of Agulis, St. Kristapor Church, St. Shmavon Church, St. Hovhannes-Mkrtich Church, St. Hakob-Hayrapet Church, Mets Astvatsatsin Monastery, St. Nshan (Amarayin) Church, St. Stepanos (St. Yerrordutyun Church).
However, the Armenian presence in
Nakhchivan was steadily extinguished in the 20th century, and with it the religious and cultural testaments to the historical Armenian presence in Agulis.
Etymology
The settlement was first mentioned in historical sources in the 11th century under the Armenian name Agulik ( hy, Ագուլիք).
Several ideas have been put forward about the later Azerbaijani name of Əylis. The city cemetery of the Ordubad known as the holy cemetery, is called "Malik Ibrahim cemetery". Malik Ibrahim's grave is inside this sanctuary, who had died in 1419. Thus, the village which was given him as award for his bravery, was named Əl-Leys, where Əl-Leys means brave or fearless in Arabic.
Arxeoloq, fəlsəfə doktoru Bəhlul İbrahimli: “Əylis kəndi əslində onun adını daşıyır...”
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Populated places in Ordubad District