Boyuk Gilanlar was a village in the territory of the Iravan uezd of the former Iravan governorate, later in the former Gamarli (Artashat) district, and present-day Ararat province. It was located 28 km to the northeast of Gamarli and on the bank of the Yelinja River. It was integrated into the administrative territory of the Vedi (Ararat) district in 1930. The name of the village was noted as “Boyuk Gilan” in “The Iravan Province Review Book” and marked as “Boyuk Gilyanar” on the five-verst map of the Caucasus.

The village was inhabited by 143 Azerbaijanis in 1831, 146 in 1873, 194 in 1886, 310 in 1897, 389 in 1914 and 272 Azerbaijanis in 1916. The Azerbaijanis were attacked, massacred or ousted from the village by Armenian armed units in 1918. After the establishment of Soviet power in present-day Armenia, the inhabitants who survived managed to return to their village. The village was inhabited by 120 Azerbaijanis in 1922, 178 in 1926, 230 in 1931 and 339 Azerbaijanis in 1939. In accordance with the decision of the USSR Council of Ministers “On the resettlement of collective farmers and other Azerbaijani population from the Armenian SSR to the Kur-Araz lowland of the Azerbaijan SSR” dated 23 December 1947, the Azerbaijanis were forcibly deported to Azerbaijan. Later, the village was abolished.