Kilvar (;
Tat: Kilvar) is a village in the
Shabran District
Shabran District () is one of the 66 districts of Azerbaijan. It is located in the northeast of the country, in the Guba-Khachmaz Economic Region. The district borders the districts of Khachmaz, Quba, Khizi and Siyazan. Its capital and larges ...
of
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan, officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, is a Boundaries between the continents, transcontinental and landlocked country at the boundary of West Asia and Eastern Europe. It is a part of the South Caucasus region and is bounded by ...
. The village forms part of the municipality of
Pirəbədil
Pirəbədil (also, Pirebedil’) is a village and municipality in the Davachi Rayon of Azerbaijan. It has a population of 834. The municipality consists of the villages of Pirəbədil, Sumağava, Sumağavaqazma, and Zöhramlı.
Notable natives ...
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In 1908, the population of Kilvar was 599
Tat people
The Tat people are an Iranian peoples, Iranian people presently living within Azerbaijan and Russia (mainly Southern Dagestan). The Tats are part of the indigenous peoples of Iranian peoples, Iranian origin in the Caucasus.
Tats use the Tat langua ...
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Kilvar was home to one of the last two
Armeno-Tat
Armeno-Tats ( – ''hay-tater'') are a distinct group of Christian Tat-speaking Armenians that historically populated eastern parts of the South Caucasus, in what constitutes the modern-day Republic of Azerbaijan. Most scholars researching the Ta ...
communities in Azerbaijan, with the other one in
Madrasa
Madrasa (, also , ; Arabic: مدرسة , ), sometimes Romanization of Arabic, romanized as madrasah or madrassa, is the Arabic word for any Educational institution, type of educational institution, secular or religious (of any religion), whet ...
, before the
exodus
Exodus or the Exodus may refer to:
Religion
* Book of Exodus, second book of the Hebrew Torah and the Christian Bible
* The Exodus, the biblical story of the migration of the ancient Israelites from Egypt into Canaan
Historical events
* Ex ...
of Armenians from Azerbaijan after the outbreak of the
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict is an ethnic and territorial conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the region of Nagorno-Karabakh, inhabited mostly by ethnic Armenians until 2023, and seven surrounding districts, inhabited mostly by Azerbai ...
.
Gallery
Inscription of Kilvar church, Shabran, Azerbaijan 01.jpg, Inscription above the doorway of the Armenian church
References
External links
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Populated places in Shabran District
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