Gurbaghali was a village in the territory of the Echmiadzin uezd of the former Iravan governorate, later in the former Ellar (Kotayk, Abovyan) district, and present-day Kotayk province. The village was marked on the five-verst map of the Caucasus. Other names for the village were “Gurbakali” and “Gurbaghali ulya”.

The village was solely inhabited by Azerbaijanis: 118 in 1873, 185 in 1886, 332 in 1897, 203 in 1904 and 415 Azerbaijanis in 1914. The Azerbaijanis were attacked, massacred or expelled from the village by Armenian armed units in 1918. Later, the village was abolished. At present, it lies in ruins.