Jafarabad tombstone monuments

In the village of Jafarabad in the current Zangibasar dist­rict, in Ira­van uezd.

Zangibasar - Masis, Jafara­bad was named Argavand from 4.04.1946.

Architec­ture

Many of Jafara­bad's grave mo­numents were taken to mu­seums in Iravan and displayed as Armenian mo­numents. The rest were destroyed by the Armenians along with the graves.

In the cemetery built on the road from the village of Jafarabad, which is more than a thousand years old, there were more headstones and chests with images of horses, rams, camels, and bulls. Such tombstones were found in Reyhanlı, Goykumbaz, and Zahmat village ceme­teries²³⁸. It is located 13 km north of the district center. Until Zangibasar region was formed, it was part of Vagharshabad (Echmiadzin) region. It is marked on the 5-verst map of the Caucasus²³⁹