Məmər was part of the Zangezur Uyezd of Elisabethpol Governorate during the Russian Empire. According to 1886 census data, there were 39 homes and 165 Azerbaijanis (classified as "Tatars" in the census) of the Shiite branch of Islam in Məmər.[2] According to the 1912 "Caucasian Calendar", the village of Məmər was home to 291 people, the majority of whom were Azerbaijanis (classified as "Tatars" in the census).[3]
Məmər was part of the Qəzyan village council in the Zangilan District of the Azerbaijan SSR during the early Soviet period in 1933. The village had 52 farms and a total population of 225 people. The population of the village council, which also included the villages of Aşağı Mollu, Hal, Yuxarı Mollu, Müskənli, Qəzyan, and Rəşidli, was 55.7 percent Azerbaijani and 43.9 percent Kurdish.[4]
The village is home to the 18th-century Mamar Mosque. The mosque was used as a warehouse during the Soviet era. After 1991, the mosque was reopened as a place of worship.[6] Following the village's occupation, it was taken over by Armenian forces. During the occupation, the mosque was used as a pigsty, which drew criticism from Azerbaijani officials and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, which stated that "the deliberate destruction and looting of material and spiritual artefacts, particularly the destroyed Mosque of the recently liberated Mamar village of Gubadly District as well as misappropriation and falsification of history are a clear evidence of a policy of aggression".[7][8][9]
^ abСвод статистических данных о населении Закавказскаго края, извлеченных из посемейных списков 1886 г. Tiflis: Transcaucasian Statistical Committee. 1893. p. 250.
^ abКавказский календарь на 1912 год [Caucasian calendar for 1912] (in Russian) (67th ed.). Tiflis: Tipografiya kantselyarii Ye.I.V. na Kavkaze, kazenny dom. 1912. p. 180. Archived from the original on 11 December 2021.
^ abАдминистративное деление АССР [Administrative divisions of the ASSR] (in Russian). AzUNKHU. 1933. p. 101.