Albanian temple in the village of Hors

In the village of Khors, Keshishkend district, Daralayaz district

Keshishkend district was established on 15.10.1931. From 03.01.1935 it was named Mikoyan, from 06.12.1957 it was named Yeghegnadzor.

Architecture

The Albanian temple located in the village of Khors was destroyed and abandoned due to the negligence of the Armenian government. It remains in ruins today.

The remains of a historic Albanian temple are located in the village of Khors, 9 km northeast of the district center, next to the river flowing from the Khors Gorge. The temple was built in the 6th–7th centuries. Its length was 6–7, width 3.5–4, and height with the roof covering was about 6 meters. Brown tuff stone and white water-wax were used in its construction.
In addition to Albanian monuments, there were also Oghuz graves near the temple. The name of the village was first mentioned in historical sources in the 10th century. It was recorded as Khors in the “Compendium of the Yerevan Province” compiled in 1728.
In 1831, 26 people lived in the village, in 1873 - 649, in 1886 - 904, in 1897 - 1136, in 1904 - 971, in 1914 - 958, in 1916 - 1337, in 1919 - 664. They were expelled at the end of 1919. Armenians who had been resettled from Iran were settled in the village. After the establishment of Soviet power in present-day Armenia, the surviving Azerbaijanis were able to return to their homeland. Alongside the Armenians, 192 Azerbaijanis lived here in 1922, 172 in 1926, and 234 in 1931. The population was expelled in November 1988. Armenians now live in the village.

The toponym "khors" is based on the Turkic ethnonym ,. In the Azerbaijani language, the substitution of the sound qxh is a regular occurrence. The ethnonym Khors is also recorded in the forms gors, khoros, khurs, . It is a simple toponym in structure. It reflects the name of the Gorus (Gorus) tribe of Turkic origin who lived in Albania and adjacent regions. The territory of the present Shabran district was called "Khursan" by the name of this tribe in the early Middle Ages.