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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Cities, Towns and Villages in Julfa Rayon, Julfa, Azerbaijan, Alinja, ?br?qunus, ?urud, Gal, Azerbaijan, Yayc?, Gynk, Azerbaijan, n?niyar, Camald?n, Xo?ke?in, Diz?, Julfa, Boy?hm?d, Saltaq, L?k?ta?, ?r?fs?, K?rna, Gyd?r?, Q?z?lca, Nakhchivan, Xan?gah, Julfa, Qazan?, Nakhchivan, N?h?cir, ?r?zin, Milax, Azerbaijan, Teyvaz, Glstan, Nakhchivan. Excerpt: Julfa (Azerbaijani: ), formerly Jugha (Armenian:, sometimes transliterated as Djugha ) and also rendered as Djulfa, Dzhulfa, Jolfa, Dzhulfa, Dulfa, Jolf, Jolf-ye Nakhjavn (Persian: ), is the administrative capital of the Julfa Rayon administrative region of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic in Azerbaijan. Julfa is separated by the Araks River from its namesake, the town of Jolfa on the Iranian side of the border. The two towns are linked by a road bridge and a railway bridge. Two Julfa khachkars from the 16th century, removed from the Julfa graveyard before its destruction and now on display within the precincts of Etchmiadzin, Armenia.Traditionally, the king of Armenia, Tigranes I, was said to have be the founder of Jugha. Existing as a village in the early Middle Ages, it grew into a town between the 10th and 13th centuries, with an population that was almost entirely Armenian. For a time, Jugha was one of the most important settlements in medieval Armenia. It became prosperous during the 15th to the 17th centuries due to the role its Armenian merchants played in international trade: the caravans of those merchants travelled the ancient trade routes from Persia, India, South-East Asia and the Middle East, to Russia, the Mediterranean, and North-West Europe. In 1603, Shah Abbas I of Persia retook Jugha from the Ottoman Empire and was seen as a liberator by its Armenian population. By... More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=3703746
