Məmmədbəyli

The village was originally called Terekeme. In the 19th century it belonged to Mammadbay Zangilani, and therefore began to be named Mammadbayli in his honour.{{cite book |url=http://lib.az/book/85/show |title=Azərbaycan toponimlərinin ensiklopedik lüğəti |date=2007 |publisher=Şərq-Qərb |isbn=978-9952-34-156-0 |edition= |series= |volume=II |location=Baku |pages=103 |language=az |chapter= |format= |access-date=2024-02-06 |chapter-url= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210731092724/http://lib.az/book/85/show |archive-date=2021-07-31 |url-status=live |agency= |orig-year=}}

During the years of Russian Empire, the village of Mammadbayli was part of the Karyagin district of the Elizavetpol province.{{cite book |author= |url=https://viewer.rusneb.ru/ru/000199_000009_005403186?page=474&rotate=0&theme=white |title=Свод статистических данных о населении Закавказского края, извлеченных из посемейных списков 1886 г. |date=1893 |publisher= |isbn= |edition= |series= |volume= |location=Tiflis |pages=274 |language=ru |chapter= |format= |access-date=2024-02-05 |chapter-url= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211211105709/https://rusneb.ru/catalog/000199_000009_005403186/ |archive-date=2021-12-11 |url-status=live |agency= |orig-year=}}

During the Soviet years, the village was part of Zangilan district of Azerbaijan SSR. During the First Karabakh War in August 1993, the village was occupied by Armenian armed forces.{{Cite web |date=2022-12-12 |title=Zəngilan rayonunun Məmmədbəyli kəndi |url=https://azertag.az/xeber/zengilan_rayonunun_memmedbeyli_kendi__foto-2405636 |access-date=2024-11-26 |website=Azerbaijan State News Agency}} After the occupation, the village was destroyed.{{Cite web |title=Məmmədbəyli |url=https://karabakh.center/az/cd-45/zengilan/memmedbeyli |access-date=2024-11-26 |website=Karabakh |language=az}} Residential buildings, a village school, and a cemetery were destroyed.{{Cite web |date=2021-08-24 |title=Təbiəti məhv edilən, evləri dağıdılan, qəbiristanlığı yerlə-yeksan olunan Məmmədbəyli kəndi |url=https://www.azerbaijan-news.az/index.php/az/posts/detail/tebieti-mehv-edilen-evleri-dagidilan-qebiristanligi-yerle-yeksan-olunan-memmedbeyli-kendi-225189 |access-date=2024-11-26 |website=Azərbaycan qəzeti |language=az}}{{Cite web |last=Yavərzadə |first=Aydın |date=2021-08-24 |title=Təbiəti məhv edilən, evləri dağıdılan, qəbiristanlığı yerlə-yeksan olunan Məmmədbəyli kəndi |url=https://video.azertag.az/video/122719 |access-date=2024-11-26 |website=Azerbaijan State News Agency}}

On 20 October 2020, during the Second Karabakh War, the Azerbaijani Army regained the control over the village of Mammadbayli and liberated it.{{cite web |url=https://mod.gov.az/en/news/president-ilham-aliyev-zangilan-city-and-6-villages-of-the-district-18-villages-of-fuzuli-jabrayil-and-khojavand-distric-33131.html |title=President Ilham Aliyev: Zangilan city and 6 villages of the district, 18 villages of Fuzuli, Jabrayil, and Khojavand districts liberated |author= |date=20 October 2020 |website=mod.gov.az }}

According to the “Code of statistical data of the Transcaucasian region population, extracted from the family lists of 1886”, in the village of Terekeme (Mammadbayli) of Gavalin rural district of Jabrayil district were 93 dym and 426 Azerbaijanis (listed as “Tatars”) lived there, who were Shiites by religion and peasants.

According to the “Caucasian Calendar” of 1912, 761 people lived in the village of Mammadbayli, Karyagin district, mainly Azerbaijanis, listed in the calendar as “Tatars”.{{cite book |url=https://www.prlib.ru/item/417317|title=Kavkazskiy kalendar |publisher=Канцелярия Кавказского Наместника |year=1911 |location=Tiflis |pages=180 |language=ru |access-date=2024-02-05 |archive-url=https://www.prlib.ru/item/417317|archive-date=2022-01-31 |url-status=live}}

According to data as of 1 January 1933, Mammadbayli was part of Mammadbayli rural district of Zangilan district of Azerbaijan SSR. The population was 796 people, 163 households (0 common and 163 individual, 387 men and 409 women).{{cite book| author = | chapter = | chapter-url = | format = | url = https://viewer.rusneb.ru/ru/000200_000018_rc_2682917?page=107&rotate=0&theme=white | title = Административное деление АССР. | orig-year = | agency = | edition = |location= Баку |date = 1933 |publisher= Издание АзУНХУ |volume= | pages = 101| series = | isbn = }}

The mausoleum of Yahya ibn Muhammad al-Hajj, dating back to the beginning of the 14th century, is located in the village.{{Cite book |last=Radde |first=Gustav |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hRtN4fOgy_0C&pg=PA26 |title=Karabagh: Bericht über die im Sommer 1890 im russischen Karabagh von Dr. Gustav Radde und Dr. Jean Valentin ausgeführte Reise |date=1890-01-01 |publisher=J. Perthes |pages=26 |language=de |access-date=2023-12-25 |archive-date=2023-12-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231225095915/https://books.google.az/books?id=hRtN4fOgy_0C&pg=PA26 |url-status=live }} The mausoleum was built in 1305, by architect Ali Majid ad-Din on the Silk Road.{{cite book| author = Неймат М. С. | chapter = | chapter-url = | format = | url = http://web2.anl.az:81/read/page.php?bibid=48387&pno=1 | title = Корпус эпиграфических памятников Азербайджана | orig-year = | agency = | edition = |location= Baku |date = 2001 |publisher= Yeni Nəşrlər Evi |volume= III | pages = 19| series = | isbn = }} In 1975, excavation works in the underground part of the mausoleum were carried out, as result of which a sepulcher was found.{{Cite book |last=Мамед-заде |first=К. М. |url=http://web2.anl.az:81/read/page.php?bibid=371307&pno=1 |title=Строительное искусство Азербайджана (с древнейших времён до XIX века) / Научный редактор aкадемик АН Азерб. ССР А. В. Саламзаде. |publisher=Elm |year=1983 |location=Baku |pages=103 |language=ru}}{{Cite web |date=2012-07-11 |title=Zəngilan Rayon Icra Hakimiyyəti |url=http://www.zengilan-ih.gov.az/page16/M%C9%99d%C9%99niyy%C9%99t.html |access-date=2024-11-26 |archive-date=2012-07-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120711231246/http://www.zengilan-ih.gov.az/page16/M%C9%99d%C9%99niyy%C9%99t.html |url-status=bot: unknown }}

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• [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAPK4PYW-R4 Video footage from Mammadbayli village, Zangilan region. / Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Azerbaijan]
• [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zc3S3GE488I The village of Mamedbeyli, whose nature was destroyed, whose houses were destroyed, and whose cemetery was razed to the ground. / Azerbaijan State News Agency]

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Category:Populated places in Zangilan District