 Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna Kurume 1918, kusagadzikana kwemadzinza uye kwechitendero kwakakura uye kurwisana kweArmenian-Azeri muBaku kwakatanga. Mapato eMusavat neItihad akapomerwa mhosva yePan-Turkism nemaBolshevik nevabatsiri vavo. Mauto echiArmenian neechiMuslim akabatanidzwa mukurwa kwehondo, nemaBolshevik akanga asina kwaakarerekera achitsigira divi reArmenia. Mapoka ose ezvematongerwe enyika asiri echiAzerbaijani eguta akabatana nemaBolsheviks kurwisa maMuslim: maBolsheviks, maDashnak, maSocial Revolutionaries, maMensheviks, uye kunyange maAnti-Bolshevik Kadets akazviwana kekutanga parutivi rumwe chete rwezvimhingamupinyi nokuti vose vakanga vachirwira nokuda kwechinangwa cheRussia. Vachienzanisa vaAzerbaijani nevaOttoman Turks, vaDashnak vakatanga kuuraya vaAzerbaijani veguta iri kutsiva kuurayiwa kwevanhu vechiArmenian muOttoman Empire. Somugumisiro, vaMuslim vari pakati pe3 000 ne12 000 vakaurayiwa mune izvo zvinozivikanwa seMarch Days. VaMuslim vakadzingwa muBaku kana kuti vakaenda pasi pevhu. Panguva imwecheteyo, Baku Commune yaibatanidzwa mukurwisana kwakasimba neOttoman Caucasian Army yeIslam yaienderera mberi muGanja nemakapoteredza. Hondo huru dzakaitika muYevlakh neAgdash, uko vaTurkey vakadzinga nekukunda maDashnak nemauto eRussia. 