Armenian–Azerbaijani war (1918–1920): Difference between revisions

 

=== Fight for Zangezur / Syunik, November 1919 ===

Following the controversial withdrawal of British forces from the Transcaucasus in mid-1919 and the subjugation of the Karabakh Council to Azerbaijan in August 1919, Dr. Khosrov bey Sultanov beseeched his government to help him "overcome 'the Armenian bandits' blocking the routes to the summer grazing lands and to convert his titular position as governor-general of Karabagh and Zangezur / Syunik into reality." His call for assistance was also prompted by the antagonizing reports of Muslim villages in Zangezur / Syunik being pillaged by irregular Armenian forces and its inhabitants fleeing into Azerbaijan as refugees. Accordingly, the Azerbaijani army began to plan its invasion of Zangezur with the strategic objective of reaching the rebelling [[Nakhichevan Uyezd|Nakhichevan]] and [[Sharur-Daralagez Uyezd|Sharur-Daralagez]] uyezds and incorporating them into Azerbaijan.