RANJBAR (SHORKEND)

The village is located in Zangibasar district, 12 km south-west of the village Uluhanli, the center of Zangibasar district, between the rivers Araz and Boyuk Garasu.­

Only Azerbaijani Turks lived in the village.

There were 197 Azerbaijanis (111 men, 86 women) in the village in 1873 in 36 households, 230 people (132 men, 98 women) in 39 households in 1886, 405 people in 1897, 226 people in 1905 and 431 people in 1914.

In 1918, as a result of atrocities committed by Armenian Dashnaks in the region, the village of Ranjbar was also destroyed, part of its population was killed by Armenians, the survivors crossed the Araz River and took refuge first in Turkey and then in Iran.

In the first years of Soviet rule, refugees from the village returned to their native village and began to build new homes for themselves. In 1922 the number of returnees was only 133, in 1926 - 204 people. In 1931, 389 Azerbaijanis were registered in the village.

On April 4, 1952, about half of the village was deported to Azerbaijan, they settled in the village of Gashimhanly in the Sabirabad district.­­ But after some time, most of the displaced families returned back, about 20 families remained in the Sabirabad district.

During the events of 1988, the population of the village was once again subjected to genocide and was expelled from the village by Armenian nationalists on November 28 of that year. At that time, up to 3,000 Azerbaijanis were living in the village in 500 households. ­During these events, four villagers - Bagir Nagiyev, Ali Rustamov, Yasin Jafarov and Gurban Azizov - became victims of Armenian atrocities.