Ka kammala wannan jumla: Rikicin kabilanci ya fara ɓarkewa a yankin. A ranar 5 ga Yuni, 1919, 'yan Armenia 600 da ke zaune a ƙauyukan da ke kewaye da Shusha sun kashe' yan tawayen Azerbaijan da Kurdawa. Sultanov ya bayyana cewa wadannan mutane ba sa karkashin ikonsa. A watan Agusta na 1919, an tilasta wa Majalisar Nationalasa ta Karabakh shiga yarjejeniyar yarjejeniya ta wucin gadi tare da gwamnatin Azerbaijan, ta amince da ikon gwamnatin Azerbaijan har sai an sasanta batun bangaren tsaunukan Karabakh a taron Zaman Lafiya na Paris. Duk da sanya hannu kan Yarjejeniyar, gwamnatin Azerbaijan ta ci gaba da keta sharuɗɗan yarjejeniyar, ta yi amfani da ƙarin tsauraran matakai a kan yawan mutanen Armeniya. Gwamna Janar Sultanov ya tara sojoji a yankin kuma a ranar 19 ga Fabrairu 1920 ya ba da umarni ga Armeniya don karɓar haɗin kai ba tare da izini ba tare da Azerbaijan, sannan ya kashe yawan mutanen Armeniya da dama ciki har da Khankendi. 'Yan tsiraru daga wakilan Majalisar Kasa ta Karabagh sun hallara a Shusha don karɓar bukatun Sultanov, yayin da sauran suka hadu a kusa da Shushikend don ƙin ƙaddamarwa. Rikicin ya ƙare da tayar da hankalin Armeniya, wanda sojojin Azerbaijan suka murkushe. A ƙarshen Maris 1920, wani ɗan jarida ɗan Burtaniya ya ba da rahoton rabin rabin 'yan sandan Armeniya sun kashe rabin Azerbaijani yayin bikin bikin na gargajiya na Novruz Bayram. Sojojin Jamhuriyar Armeniya ne suka shirya da kuma daidaita harin ba zato ba tsammani na Armeniya. Fushin da Azerbaijan ta yi game da wannan harin na ba zato ba tsammani ya haifar da...
kisan gilla da kuma korar dukkan mutanen Armeniya a watan Maris na shekarar 1920, wanda aka kashe tsakanin 500 zuwa 20,000 na mutanen Armeniya na Shusha, kuma da yawa sun tilasta guduwa kuma rabin Armeniya na garin ya lalace.