According to the historians
Member of the Milli Majlis, director of the Institute of Caucasian Studies of ANAS, professor Musa Gasimli
During the events of March, Armenians in Baku mass-murdered the peaceful Muslim population, regardless of political affiliation.
Azerbaijani sources also have a lot of information about those who were killed. For example, N. Narimanov admitted in his article “What should be done so that the civil war does not take on a national color” published on May 23, 1918: “Every person who is far from fanaticism knows that in the civil war in Transcaucasia, 99 percent of the representatives of one nation is broken. “Iravan governorate, Lankaran district, Guba, Shamakhi regions fully confirm what I said.” Later, in February 1919, N. Narimanov wrote in his articles “With what slogan we are going to the Caucasus” and “View of the occupation of the Caucasus” that the Dashnaks oppressed the Muslim population under the slogans of Bolshevism. In such conditions, the Soviet government decided to start a civil war in Baku. Bloody incidents were committed in Baku under the name of civil war. Soviet power in Baku was a tool in the hands of the Dashnaks. It is clear from the documents of the investigative commission of the Azerbaijani government that Armenians in Baku massacred the peaceful Muslim population on a massive scale during the March events, regardless of political affiliation. According to other sources, more than 12 thousand Azerbaijanis were killed in Baku alone. The massacres were not limited to Baku. Massacres were committed against Azerbaijanis in other parts of Azerbaijan and South Caucasus.
Source: Xalq newspaper. March 29, 2019.
