Tower in Aghzibir village

In Aghzibir (Kamandbulag) village, Kavar district, Yeni Beyazid uezd, Iravan governorate

Kavar region since 12.04.1959– Kamo, since 04.12.1995 Gavar, Aghzibir village since 07.12.1945 – Lchap ("Аjаp")

Architecture

The remains of the foundation of the tower complex in the territory of Aghzibir remain in the area. These are adopted by Armenians and presented as "Armenian monument".

Academician B. Piotrovsky attributed the foundation remains of the castle complex discovered in the territory of Aghzibir during the archaeological excavations conducted by the Hermitage Museum employees in Goyche to the end of the 1st millennium BC, which is scientific and material evidence that confirms the at least 2000-year history of the settlement of these places by the Oghuz Turks. The fort, built of large raft rocks and river stones, surrounded the inhabited part of the village. The village and a part of the castle extended to the surroundings of Goycha Lake. In 1723, after the Goycha basin was completely controlled by the Ottomans, the village was included in the administrative division of Goycha district of Iravan province and was classified as Kamandbulag in the documents. This is evident from the notes on the 12th page of the "Ijmal Daftar of Iravan Province" which was approved by Shah Ahmad Mehmet Khan oglu in 1728. 108 people lived in the village in 1831, 380 in 1873, 557 in 1886, 696 in 1897, 755 in 1904, 1068 in 1914, 917 in 1916. In 1918, the population of the village, which was 755, was massacred and expelled by the Armenians. After the establishment of Soviet power in present-day Armenia, the surviving Azerbaijanis were able to return to their native villages. In 1922, 327 Azerbaijanis lived in the village. In 1922-1926, Armenians were settled in the village and Azerbaijanis were suppressed. In 1926 165 Azerbaijanis, 276 Armenians lived in the village, in 1931 295 Azerbaijanis, 365 Armenians, in 1947 600 Azerbaijanis lived in the village.

The toponym was formed on the basis of the colloquial word used in the sense of "a place with a single exit", "a small mountain road". The village was named after its location. The origin of the toponym is related to the peninsula with only land access (mouth) to Goycha Lake.