Mulk

Mulk was a village in the territory of the Zangezur uezd of the former Yelizavetpol (Ganja) governorate, later in the former Mehri (Meghri) district, and present-day Syunik province. It was located 16-18 km to the northwest of the settlement of Meghri. The village was marked on the five- verst map of the Caucasus.

The village was was solely inhabited by Azerbaijanis – 90 in 1914. The Azerbaijanis were attacked, massacred or ousted from the village by Armenian armed formations in 1918. After the establishment of Soviet power in present-day Armenia, the surviving Azerbaijanis managed to return to their historical and ethnic lands. The village was was solely inhabited by Azerbaijanis: 56 in 1922, 48 in 1926 and 78 in 1931. Due to the collectivization, the village was abolished in the late 1930s. At present, it lies in ruins.

The toponym was coined on the basis of the word “mulk” meaning “a property, estate” in Arabic.