Initially Baku Governorate included Karabakh and Zangezur, which were separated in 1868 to create Elisabethpol Governorate.
Throughout spring 2013, Hayazn was vocal opponent of leasing land in Syunik Province for Iranian pastures.
Emin remained in the region for the following five years, spending a lot of time among the mountain tribes, with whose assistance he was finally able to reach Karabagh and the mountainous Zangezur region in Armenia where he tried to pursue his liberation plans with the local Armenian nobles and the Armenian Bishop of Gandzasar.
In January 1919, the commander of British forces in the Caspian General William M. Thomson approved Khosrov bek Sultanov's appointment by the Baku government as provisional Governor General of Karabakh and Zangezur (control over Zangezur was ultimately never established), pending a final decision at the Paris Peace Conference.
In September 2008, the Audit Chamber of Armenia accused Suren Khachatryan, governor of the southeastern Syunik Province, and government officials subordinated to him of embezzling 575 million drams (US$1.9 million) worth of public funds and property.
The plight of its inhabitants worsened when, in November of that year, the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic unsuccessfully attempted to wrest the region of Zangezur from Armenian control.
Syunik Province, alternative name of an Armenian historical region and one of the provinces of Armenia
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Sultanov – acting Minister of Defense; Envoy to Karabakh and Zangezur
The façade of the building was built of an orange stone from the Tsater (Lori) and Karahunj (Zangezur) villages.
Agarak, Syunik, a city in the southern part of the Syunik province, Armenia
:For the other populated place of this name in Syunik Province, see Arrajadzor (Shamsuz); for the village in Azerbaijan, see Dovşanlı.