Baharli was a village in the territory of the Zangezur uezd of the former Yelizavetpol (Ganja) governorate, later in the former Gafan district, and present-day Syunik province. It was located 24 km to the northeast of the town of Gafan and on the left bank of the Gighi River. It was marked on the five-verst map of the Caucasus.

The village was inhabited by 28 Azerbaijanis in 1831, 59 in 1873, 61 in 1886, 74 in 1897, 132 in 1904 and 133 Azerbaijanis in 1914. The Azerbaijanis were massacred or deported by Armenian armed units in 1918. After the establishment of Soviet power in present-day Armenia, the Azerbaijanis who survived were able to return to their homes. The village was inhabited by 88 Azerbaijanis in 1922, 93 in 1926, 122 in 1931, 176 in1939, 249 in 1959, 380 in 1970 and 358 Azerbaijanis in 1979.

In late 1950s the village was merged with the village of Gighi and was further abolished after a water reservoir for the Gajaran copper processing plant had been built on the site of the village. Another village of Baharli existed in the Gafan district.

The toponym was coined on the basis of the name of the Turkic Baharli tribe.