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.
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History edit
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.[citation needed]
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.[citation needed]
References edit
- ^ State Statistics Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan (2020-04-16). Classification of administrative territory division (PDF).
- ^ 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) - ^ "VAHİD MƏRKƏZLƏŞDİRİLMİŞ KİTABXANA PORTALI". sabunchu.cls.az. Archived from the original on 2022-07-14. Retrieved 2022-07-14.