From the pen of historians
The results of the March Events were immediate and total for the Musavat. Several hundreds of its members were killed in the fighting; up to 12,000 Muslim civilians perished; thousands of others fled Baku in a mass exodus.
Source: Journal of Contemporary History Vol. 36, No. 2 (Apr., 2001), pp. 211-240;
Michael G. Smith – Anatomy of a Rumour: Murder Scandal, the Musavat Party and Narratives of the Russian Revolution in Baku, 1917-20 (P. 228)
