Taghamir 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 Meghri.

The village was was solely inhabited by Azerbaijanis: 19 in 1831, 74 in 1873, 129 in 1886, 163 in 1897, 194 in 1904 and 255 Azerbaijanis in 1914. The village was attacked and the inhabitants were dispersed by the Armenian-Dashnak armed formations in 1918.   After   the   establishment of Soviet power in present-day Armenia, the Azerbaijanis who survived managed to return to their historical and ethnic lands. The village was was solely inhabited by Azerbaijanis: 36 in 1922, 43 in 1926 and 51 Azerbaijanis in 1931. The Azerbaijanis were deported to the neighbouring villages in the late 1930s and the village was abolished. At present, it lies in ruins.

The toponym was coined by combining the personal name “Amir” and the word “tag/tagh” meaning “a mountain” in Turkic.

The toponym means “the village near Amir Mountain”.