Talk:Nukha uezd

"Mostly (Turco-)Tatar"

The source cited, that being a book by Richard G. Hovanissian, does contain such a remark for the Shia and Sunni Muslim populations of the Caucasus according to the Kavkazskiy kalendar of 1917, but it does not refer to any uezd or other such administrative division lower that that of a governorate. I thus removed the reference and further argued, that one cannot infer that this remark refers to the Nukha uezd specifically, even if it is most probably true.

My edit was reverted due to reasons I do not find convincing. In my opinion, a source cited here should at least refer to the Nukha uezd itself. While this remark is almost certainly accurate, one shouldn't pretend to use sources that don't directly support one's assertions. AlenVaneci (talk) 20:44, 2 October 2023 (UTC)

The source implies that the note is applicable not only to the governorate itself, but also to all its subdivisions (uezds) Nemoralis (talk) 07:03, 3 October 2023 (UTC)

How so? The page cited only contains a table depicting the ethno-religious division of the different provinces (governorates). By his remarks ("primarily Tatar" / "Turco-Tatar") next to "Shi'a Muslim" and "Sunni Muslim", Hovanissian could have meant that the Sunni/Shia Muslim population of Transcaucasia as a whole was primarily (Turco-)Tatar. This does not imply that it is applicable to all its subdivisions. Nor is this remark ever explained anywhere in the book (or else, you could've used that as a source).

The whole book doesn't mention Nukha even once (except for an unrelated footnote). This seems to be your personal interpretation of the remark but I find it unconvincing. AlenVaneci (talk) 09:56, 3 October 2023 (UTC)