Bəylik, Lachin

Beylik is a village in Zabukh village administrative territorial district of Lachin district of the Republic of Azerbaijan.[1] Lachin district is located in the south-west of the Republic of Azerbaijan, in a mountainous area. It borders Kalbajar to the north, Khojaly, Shusha and Khojavand to the east, Gubadli districts to the south, and the Republic of Armenia to the west.

History

Consisting of the components bey (title) and -lik (affiliation suffix), this oikonym means "village belonging to the groom".[2] In 1933, a village called Beylik was registered in the Esrik administrative territorial unit of Kalbajar district. There are settlements of this name in the territory of Saatli and Agdash regions.

It was occupied by the Armed Forces of Armenia in 1992.[3] According to the cease-fire declaration signed at the end of the Second Karabakh War in 2020, it was liberated from occupation by the Azerbaijani Armed Forces on December 1, 2020.

References

  1. ↑ State Statistics Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan (2020-04-16). Classification of administrative territory division (PDF).
  2. ↑ Azärbaycan toponimlärinin ensiklopedik lüğäti. Rübabä. Äliyeva, Näsimi adına Dilçilik İnstitutu. Bakı: Şärq-Qärb. 2007. ISBN 978-9952-34-155-3. OCLC 424351932.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  3. ↑ "VAHİD MƏRKƏZLƏŞDİRİLMİŞ KİTABXANA PORTALI". sabunchu.cls.az. Archived from the original on 2022-07-14. Retrieved 2022-07-14.
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