Ghaibalishen ( hy, Ղայբալիշեն) or Qaybali ( az, Qaybalı; hy, Ղայբալու, Ghaybalu) is a village that is,
de facto
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, in the
Shushi Province
Shushi Province ( hy, Շուշիի շրջան) is a province of the breakaway Republic of Artsakh, ''de jure'' part of the Republic of Azerbaijan. The province has 7 communities of which 1 is considered urban and 6 are rural. The town of Shushi ...
of the
Republic of Artsakh
Artsakh, officially the Republic of Artsakh () or the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (),, is a list of states with limited recognition, breakaway state in the South Caucasus whose territory is internationally recognised as part of Azerbaijan ...
;
de jure
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, it is part of the
Shusha District of
Azerbaijan
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, in the
disputed
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region of
Nagorno-Karabakh.
Toponymy
The village is also known as ''Khaibalikend'' (russian: Кайбаликенд).
History
According to the 1897 census, 381 Armenians and 133 Azerbaijanis lived in the village.
In June 1919, 600-700 Armenian inhabitants of Ghaibalishen and the neighboring villages of
Jamilli
Jamilli ( hy, Ջամիլլի; az, Cəmilli) is a village ''de facto'' in the Askeran Province of the breakaway Republic of Artsakh, ''de jure'' in the Khojaly District of Azerbaijan, in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh. The village had a ...
,
Karkijahan
Krkjan ( hy, Քրքջան) or Karkijahan ( az, Kərkicahan) is a settlement near the city of Stepanakert. The village had an Armenian-majority population prior to the Khaibalikend massacre in 1919 and subsequently an Azerbaijani-majority popula ...
and
Pahlul were
massacred
A massacre is the killing of a large number of people or animals, especially those who are not involved in any fighting or have no way of defending themselves. A massacre is generally considered to be morally unacceptable, especially when per ...
by armed Kurdish irregulars and Azerbaijani soldiers. Ghaibalishen was looted and burnt.
The village had an Azerbaijani-majority population prior to the
First Nagorno-Karabakh War
The First Nagorno-Karabakh War, referred to in Armenia as the Artsakh Liberation War ( hy, Արցախյան ազատամարտ, Artsakhyan azatamart) was an ethnic and territorial conflict that took place from February 1988 to May 1994, in th ...
.
References
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Populated places in Shushi Province
Populated places in Shusha District
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