Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Ислам в Армении" in Russian language version.
"By the end of the eighteenth century, the Armenian population of the territory had shrunk considerably. Centuries of warfare and invasions combined with the tyranny of local khans had forced the emigration of the Armenians. It is probable the until the seventeenth century, the Armenians still maintained a majority in Eastern Armenia, but the forced relocation of some 250,000 Armenians by Shah Abbas and the numerous exoduses described in this chapter had reduced the Armenian population considerably.
Оригинальный текст (англ.)Before one gets too irate at the Azeris, however, one must note the paucity of surviving Islamic remains in Armenia, including the capital of Yerevan. To put this in historical perspective, in 1826, before the signing of the Treaty of Turkmenchai and the ethnic movements that followed in its wake, roughly 90,000 of a total population of 110,000 in the Khanate of Yerevan were Muslims - Persians, Kurds, and “Turko-Tatar” nomads (the last being the peoples who later became self-conscious Azeris).
Оригинальный текст (англ.)Before one gets too irate at the Azeris, however, one must note the paucity of surviving Islamic remains in Armenia, including the capital of Yerevan. To put this in historical perspective, in 1826, before the signing of the Treaty of Turkmenchai and the ethnic movements that followed in its wake, roughly 90,000 of a total population of 110,000 in the Khanate of Yerevan were Muslims - Persians, Kurds, and “Turko-Tatar” nomads (the last being the peoples who later became self-conscious Azeris).
