Western Azerbaijan Heritage

In Arafsa villa­ge, Garakilsa district, Zan­ga­zur mahal.

Garakilsa dist­rict since 02.03.1940 - Sisian, Arafsa vil­lage - since 03.07.1968 – Arevis.

Architec­ture

Dozens of chest-shaped tombstones lo­ca­ted in the vil­lage of Arafsa, written in the Albanian alpha­bet, were Arme­nianized by ad­ding a cross and Armenian inscrip­tions. Ara­bic inscrip­tions on tomb­stones with ram statues belon­ging to the early Middle Ages, writ­ten in Ara­bic alphabet, ha­ve been remo­ved and are disp­layed as Ar­menian monu­ments.

Dozens of gravestones in the shape of an inscribed chest inscribed with the Arabic alphabet belonging to the early middle centuries, the toponyms of which are rela­ted to the ancient Turko-Oghuz culture: Teymur Yurdu (Emir Teymur's military camp is believed to be located here), Uz grave, Gotlanli yurdu, Jamal Castle (the name of one of Amir Teymur's comman­ders), Marjanli Hole, Fugitive Suleyman Spring, Mustafa Spring, Sari yatag, the place where Garaoghlan was shot, Sal­varti Mountain.

Toponyms of Tur­kic-Oghuz origin in the vil­lage of Arafsa, the fact that the monuments be­longing to dif­ferent eras loca­ted in the village have signs cha­racteristic of Azer­baijani cul­ture, confirms that this place is the historical home­land of Azerbaijanis.