39°23′31″N 47°11′14″E / 39.39194°N 47.18722°E / 39.39194; 47.18722

Şəybəy
Şəybəy is located in Azerbaijan
Şəybəy
Şəybəy
Coordinates: 39°23′31″N 47°11′14″E / 39.39194°N 47.18722°E / 39.39194; 47.18722
Country Azerbaijan
RayonJabrayil
Time zoneUTC+4 (AZT)

Şəybəy (also, Sheybey) is a village situated in Jabrayil district of Azerbaijan, being placed on the left bank of Chaylag River (the left tributary of Araz River) 14 km east of the city of JabrayilAzerbaijan.[1]

Toponym

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According to the “Encyclopaedic Dictionary of Toponyms of Azerbaijan”, the village was originally called Shafibeyli (according to a local legend, it was founded by Shafi Bey, a native from the Iranian Azerbaijan). Later the village began to be called Sheybey in honour of the son of Shafi Bey.[2]

History

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According to a local legend, the village was founded by Shafi Bey, a native from the Iranian Azerbaijan.[3]

During the years of the Russian Empire, the village of Shafi-beylu was part of the Jabrayil district, Elizavetpol province.

During the Soviet years, the village was part of the Jabrayil district of Azerbaijan SSR. The village was captured by Armenian forces in the First Karabakh War and was destroyed.[4]

On the evening of October 3, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev said that the Azerbaijani Army liberated the villages of Talysh in Terter, Mehdili, Chakhyrly, Ashaghy-Maralyan, Sheybey, Guyjag in Jabrayil and Ashaghy-Abdurahmanly in Fuzuli districts of Azerbaijan.[5][6] The Ministry of Defence of Azerbaijan officially confirmed the liberation of these villages by the armed forces of Azerbaijan.[7]

BBC later reported that all the villages liberated in the south, according to Azerbaijan, judging by satellite images, lie in ruins and have been completely or almost completely abandoned since the Azerbaijani population left them in the early 1990s to escape the advancing Armenians.[8] It's currently uninhabited.[9]

On 7 October 2020, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence published a footage that shows the village of Sheybey under Azerbaijani control.[10]

Population

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According to the “Code of statistical data of the Transcaucasian region population, extracted from the family lists of 1886”, in the village of Shafi-beylu, Guyjag rural district, Jabrayil district, there were 26 dym where lived 127 Azerbaijanis (listed as “Tatars”) residents, who were peasants.[11]

According to the “Caucasian Calendar” for 1912, 192 people lived in the village of Shafibeylu, Karyagin district, mostly Azerbaijanis, indicated in the calendar as “Tatars”.[12]

References

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  1. ^ "Azərbaycan Respublikasının dövlət standartı. İnzibati ərazi bölgüsü təsnifatı" (PDF). stat.gov.az (in Azerbaijani). The State Statistical Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan. 2019. p. 40. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-04-16. Retrieved 2021-06-24.
  2. ^ Azərbaycan toponimlərinin ensiklopedik lüğəti (in Azerbaijani). Vol. II. Baku: Şərq-Qərb. 2007. p. 215. ISBN 978-9952-34-156-0. Archived from the original on 2021-07-31. Retrieved 2024-02-06.
  3. ^ Azərbaycan toponimlərinin ensiklopedik lüğəti (in Azerbaijani). Vol. II. Baku: Şərq-Qərb. 2007. p. 215. ISBN 978-9952-34-156-0. Archived from the original on 2021-07-31. Retrieved 2024-02-06.
  4. ^ "Cəbrayıl rayonunun Şəybəy kəndi". Azerbaijan State News Agency. 2023-02-28. Retrieved 2024-02-16.
  5. ^ "Prezident: Bu gün Azərbaycan Ordusu daha bir neçə kəndi işğaldan azad edib". Report İnformasiya Agentliyi (in Azerbaijani). 2020-10-03. Retrieved 2024-02-16.
  6. ^ "Bu gün #Azərbaycan #Ordusu Tərtər rayon Talış kəndini, Cəbrayıl rayon Mehdili, Çaxırlı, Aşağı Maralyan, Şəybəy və Quycaq kəndlərini, Füzuli rayonu Aşağı Əbdürrəhmanlı kəndini azad etmişdir" (in Azerbaijani). İlham Əliyev. 2020-10-03.
  7. ^ "Ряд территорий Азербайджана освобожден от оккупации". Archived from the original on 2020-10-09. Retrieved 2020-10-13.
  8. ^ "Война в Карабахе, первая неделя: новая роль Турции и решимость Азербайджана". ВВС. 2020-10-04. Archived from the original on 2020-11-03. Retrieved 2020-10-13.
  9. ^ "As fighting rages, what is Azerbaijan's goal?". Eurasianet.org. 4 October 2020. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  10. ^ "İşğaldan azad olunan Cəbrayıl rayonunun Şəybəy kəndi - VİDEO". AZƏRBAYCAN RESPUBLİKASI MÜDAFİƏ NAZİRLİYİ (in Azerbaijani). Retrieved 2024-02-16.
  11. ^ Свод статистических данных о населении Закавказского края, извлеченных из посемейных списков 1886 г. Tiflis. 1893. p. 235. Archived from the original on 2021-12-11. Retrieved 2024-02-06.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  12. ^ Kavkazskiy kalendar (in Russian). Tiflis: Канцелярия Кавказского Наместника. 1911. p. 227. Archived from the original on 2022-01-31. Retrieved 2024-02-06.
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