A coffin on a grave in the village of Gabakhli

In the village of Qabaxli (Jani-Qabaxli, Ashaghi Cani) of the Keshiskand district of the Deralayaz district

Keshishkend in 1935–1957 Mikoyan, since 06.12.1957 Yeghegnadzor. Gabakhli village – since 1990 Koghtanik

Architecture

After the deportation of Azerbaijanis from the village of Gabakhli at the end of November 1988, the historical and ancient cemetery in the village of Gabakhli, along with the monuments there, were destroyed by Armenians. The gravestone inscribed on the gravestone was also partially destroyed.

The coffin is located in the ancient cemetery area of ​​the village of Gabakhli on the left bank of the Alagöz River in the Keshishkend district of the Deralayaz district. The coffin is made of faceted gray rock. Its length is 1.7–2 meters and its height is about 0.6–0.7 m. The sides of the coffin are decorated with a braided pattern. The coffin has an image of a horseman, a shield, a gopuz, and a sitting person. In addition, there is an image of a seal in the form of an eight-pointed star. It is clear from the image that the deceased was a warrior and a bard. The images indicate that the monument belongs to the Oghuz Turks.
According to the cameral census of 1873, in the village of Gabakhli, located on both banks of the Alagöz (Janichay) River in the Sharur-Deralayaz district of the Iravan province and belonging to the state treasury, there were 268 Azerbaijanis living in 33 houses, including 159 men and 109 women. According to the information from 1905, in the village of Gabakhli, which was included in the Alagöz village community of the Sharur-Deralayaz district of the Iravan province, there were 614 Azerbaijanis living in 42 houses, including 316 men and 298 women. In 1916, 763 Azerbaijanis lived in the village. In 1918, the villagers, who were subjected to Armenian aggression, were deported. Only after the establishment of Soviet power in present-day Armenia were Azerbaijanis able to return to their villages. In 1922, 59 Azerbaijanis lived there, in 1926, 217, and in 1931, 330. At the end of November 1988, the villagers were completely deported from their historical and ethnic lands.

The toponym is a Turkic Edited by adding the suffix "-lı" to the name of the Qabaq tribe, meaning "a place, village belonging to the Qabaq tribe." F. Kırzıoğlu shows that one of the Turkic tribes that spent the summer in present-day Armenia and the winter in Karabakh was called "Qabaq." It is an ethnotoponym. The structural correction is a toponym.