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Şeidlər

human settlement in Azerbaijan

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 21, 2026
Entity authorityQ8082457
Source-derived summary

Şeidlər is a village in Shamkir District, Azerbaijan. It was separated from the Qasımalılar village administrative-territorial unit and established as its own unit, centered on Şeidlər on 5 October 1999.

History

Şeidlər was formed in the 1930s when the uğuzlu (also known as hacılar), zeynallar, and kəlbhəsənli clans were resettled to an area known as Şeidlər yeri. The village takes its name from that area, itself believed to derive from the word şəhid, meaning martyr.

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This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Şeidlər” as human settlement in Azerbaijan. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1999—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. The account is most persuasive where Şeidlər, human and settlement can be independently traced.
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The subject matters to the general reference register because the source frames it as human settlement in Azerbaijan. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

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Vocabulary and entity names are the principal evidence signals here, because they determine the precision of every later search. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 21, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q8082457. Authority coordinates are 40.778, 45.931. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1999.

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This entry incorporates text from Şeidlər” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.