Goharnissa Beyim Agha Javanshir

Daughter of Ibrahim Khalil Khan by Princess Abashidze, was married twice—to Jafar Quli Khan Khoysky (?-1814) and, after his death, to her cousin Khan Kishibek Jevanshir.Until 1823, she derived money from a farmed-off tax called darga-bazaar under which she was obliged to keep guards in the shops, make sure there was enough lighting, and answer for any robberies at night.

Darga-bazaar brought revenues in kind from each batch of water-melons, melons, vegetables, fruit, fish, firewood, and coal; money from each head of slaughtered cattle and monthly income from all the shops. In 1823, General Yermolov transferred this tax to the budget, which farmed it off to private persons, while Gevhar Agha could count on remuneration.

In December 1822, when the power of the khans was abolished, Gevhar Agha owned ten villages and nomadic lands, her inheritance rights being confirmed by the Russian government;under an imperial decree of 10 March, 1831, she received an annual pension of 952.38 silver rubles as a recompense for the lost darga-bazaar income

Govharnissa Beyim Agha Javanshir (Cavanşir) b. 1796 d. 1888

1796 birth: Shusha, Karabakh Khanate

marriage: ♂ Jafargulu Khan Dunbili (Dünbili, Khoyski) [Dunbili] d. 3 September 1814

1888 death: Agdam, Elisabetpol Governorate, Russian Empire

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