Էրզրումի վիլայէթի որոշ կազաների հայ բնակչութեան թուաքանակի ճշդումն ըստ արեւելեան Հայաստանում ապաստանած արեւմտահայ գաղթականների 1914-15ին կազմուած վիճակագրական ցուցակների
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2000
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The author tackles an issue which is still hotly debated among scholars, namely determining the population of Western Armenia. As a case study, the Basen caza and the Bayazit sanjak (including the cazas Alashkert, Antab/Dutagh, Bayazit, Diadin and Garakilise) of the Vilayet of Erzrum were chosen. Most of the Armenian population of these areas were able to take refuge in Eastern Armenia in November-December 1914 Interestingly, these refugees were immediately counted by the Russian authorities as well as by individuals. Later on these statistics were published. From the 30 Armenian-inhabited villages of Basen region, 15,500 Armenians who had taken refuge in Eastern Armenia were counted (excluding those who perished on the road) On the other hand the official 1912 (Hijra 1330) "general census" (nüfus-i umumi) registers a little more than 10,000 Armenians for the whole caza.
The author compares the number registered in the one-day census conducted in the state of Yerevan on January 30, 1915 (which counted 26,000 or 3245 families) to the census conducted by the prelacy of Erzurum in 1909 (which had counted 21,000). He concludes that at the dawn of the First World War, the number of Armenians in the whole caza of Bayazit was around 30,700. This figure is 129% more than what the Ottoman census had registered, namely 13,400.
The article proves as well that the Armenian census of the time is more reliable and correct than the Ottoman.
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Բադալեան, Գ., «Էրզրումի վիլայէթի որոշ կազաների հայ բնակչութեան թուաքանակի ճշդումն ըստ արեւելեան Հայաստանում ապաստանած արեւմտահայ գաղթականների 1914-15ին կազմուած վիճակագրական ցուցակների», «Հայկազեան հայագիտական հանդէս», 2000, Պէյրութ, էջ 207-224