Yuxarı Əylis
| Yuxarı Əylis | |
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| Municipality | |
 Yuxarı Əylis
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| Coordinates: 38°57′10″N 45°58′53″E / 38.95278°N 45.98139°ECoordinates: 38°57′10″N 45°58′53″E / 38.95278°N 45.98139°E | |
| Country |
 Azerbaijan
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| Autonomous republic | Nakhchivan |
| Rayon | Ordubad |
| Population (2005) | |
| • Total | 1,916 |
| Time zone | AZT (UTC+4) |
| • Summer (DST) | AZT (UTC+5) |
Yuxarı Əylis (Armenian: Վերին Ագուլիս, Verin Agulis, both meaning "Upper Agulis/Əylis") is a village and municipality in the Ordubad Rayon of Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan. It is located in the left an right sides of the Ordubad-Aylis highway, 12 km in the north-east from the district center. Its population is busy with gardening, farming, animal husbandry. There are secondary school, club, library, communication branch and a medical center in the village. It has a population of 1,916.
Yuxarı Aylis was first mentioned in historical sources in the 11th century under the Armenian name "Argulik.'" Its Armenian population specialized in the production of handicraft and sericulture. Numerous sixteenth-century sources spoke of it as a thriving town that maintained strong commercial links with India, Russia, Safavid Persia and Western Europe.
In the 18th century, Agulis had its own schools, a library, a silkworm factory, a large market. The town was enclosed by walls and surrounded by orchards and vineyards. Its Armenian population at the time was recorded at 8,000 households. In 1752, it was captured and subjected to a heavy sack by the armies of Azat Khan, the ruler of Āzarbāijān. The town was incorporated into the Russian Empire in 1828, following the Russo-Persian War. By 1897, when a census was carried out by the Russian government, Agulis' population had dropped to 1,670.
In the nineteenth century, Verin ("Upper") Agulis, together with the adjoining Nerkin ("Lower") Agulis, was a major Armenian settlement in the Nakhichevan uyezd of the Erivan Governorate, with twelve churches and monasteries. The most important church was the St. Thomas the Apostle Monastery, whose date has not been recorded, although inscriptions mention that it was restored in 1694. The monastery was an important center of learning, producing such luminaries as the merchant and traveler Zak'aria Aguletsi, A. Araskhanyan, animal breeder Avetis H. K'alant'ar, and L. Manvelyan. The community also spoke in an especially unique dialect of Armenian called Zok.
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