What is "sheylanli"

Sheylanli is a former Kurdish village in Lachin district of Azerbaijan . Since May 17, 1992 the village, together with Lachin district, have been under control of the Armenian Military forces.

Sheylanli tribe is a Kurdish tribe who lived in the Sheylanli village, Lachin , until it was occupied by Armenian troops . Since then as the victim of the war, an internally displaced persons, Sheylanlis were fled to the Aghjabadi Rayon, Azerbaijan. They speak Kurmanji dialect of the Kurdish Language . This tribe is considered to be one of the 24 Kurdish tribes those were moved from Iran to Karabakh and Zangezur by Shah Abbas I of Iran in the 16th century to fortify the borders of the Safavid Empire . Tatiana Fyodorovna Aristova gives some Sheylanli Kurdish family names such as Asadlar, Ismaillar, Nabilar, and Khudular in the book Kurdy Zakavkazia. The author mentions Sheylanli, Zerty, and Minkend among the poorest Kurdish communities of Azerbaijan in Lachin.