Gafarli

Gafarli 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 near the Garni River.

The village was inhabited by 652 Azerbaijanis in 1831, 515 in 1873, 435 in 1886, 105 in 1897, 540 in 1908, 594 in 1914 and 273 Azerbaijanis in 1916. The Azerbaijanis were attacked, massacred or deported from the village by Armenian armed units in 1918. Later, the village was abolished. At present, it lies in ruins.

The toponym was coined on the basis of the ethnonym “Gafarli” of the Chobankara tribe of the Turkic Gazakhlar.