The city and state of Yerevan has been a part of the territory of Azerbaijan in 
history. This area was ruled by Qajar Khan until 1828, which became part of 
Russian lands based on the Treaty of Turkmenchai in 1828. With the collapse of 
the tsarist government of Russia, the Armenians wanted to occupy the entire 
province of Yerevan and were able to declare Yerevan as the center of the 
Republic of Armenia despite the majority of Turks in thıs regıon. Since its 
formation, this government was trying to cleanse the region from other nations for 
the benefit of Armenians. The passage of time showed that the Armenians were 
successful in this policy and Yerevan and its surrounding villages were cleared of 
Turks. This document is one of the thousands of documents that the oppressed 
residents of Yerevan and the elders of its 20 villages have requested for help from 
the newly established government of Azerbaijan by sending letters in the 
Azerbaijani Turkish language with the Arabic alphabet and dated September 8, 
1919. This letter reached the government of Azerbaijan on November 18, 1919
and was registered as number 171. In this letter, the elders of Yerevan, while 
describing the atrocities of Dashnak Armenians during the First World War, 
explained how the people of Surmeli, Akh Sakhli, Qirakh Bolaq, Echmiadzin, 
Kalpan and Chichek regions were deported. In the following, you can see the 
minutes of the signing of the request for assistance from the Azerbaijan cabinet of 
twenty villages of Yerevan. The original of this document is kept in the archives 
of the Republic of Azerbaijan.