Malıbəy (Malybey) is a village in the Lachin District of Azerbaijan.
Malıbəy | |
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| Coordinates: 39°37′13″N 46°26′08″E / 39.62028°N 46.43556°E | |
| Country |  Azerbaijan |
| District | Lachin |
| Population (2015)[1] | |
| • Total | 51 |
| Time zone | UTC+4 (AZT) |
History
The village was located in the Armenian-occupied territories surrounding Nagorno-Karabakh, coming under the control of ethnic Armenian forces during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War in the early 1990s. The village subsequently became part of the breakaway Republic of Artsakh as part of its Kashatagh Province, where it was known as Melikashen (Armenian: Մելիքաշեն). It was returned to Azerbaijan as part of the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh ceasefire agreement.
Historical heritage sites
Historical heritage sites in and around the village include the 15th-century Melik Haykaz Palace (Armenian: Մելիք Հայկազի ապարանք, romanized: Melik Haykazi Aparank), a 17th-century khachkar, and two 17th/18th-century ram-shaped tombstones.[1]
