One of those who fought against the Dashnak-Armenian gangs of Hamazasp during the genocides that took place in Guba district in April-May 1918 was Alisultan Guliyev, professor of BSU, doctor of historical sciences. He was born in Digah village of Guba district in 1901. Alisultan Guliyev who were active participants of the Digah defense units together with Badal Karimov, Aziz Shabanov, Babay Malikmammadov, Molla Shahbala, Mirzabay Shadiyev, and Dashdi Ahmadov bravely fought against the Armenian Dashnaks. At that time, the detachments of Mohubali Efendi, Hatem Agha, Alibey Zizikski, who came to help during the fierce fighting in the “Bloody Valley”, as well as volunteers from Alpan, Khujbala, Gusar district, Urva, Imamgulukand, Hil, Old Khudat, Gadazeykhur and other villages, as well as volunteers from Daghestan defeated the Armenian Dashnak military forces.
