Armenian monuments such as the Tsitsernavank Monastery from between the 5th and 7th centuries, and the 15th-century Melik Haykaz Palace are located near the village.

The Kurdish population that settled in the Kashatagh region after the deportation of the Armenian population from the region by Shah Abbas I[3] referred to the village as Sultankand; according to historian Samvel Karapetyan, this is because the inhabitants knew about the location's past as a princely residence.

[4] Under the rule of the Russian Empire, the settlement was administered as part of the Zangezur Uyezd of the Elisabethpol Governorate.

In 1931, the village received its current name, after the Azerbaijani communist official Hüsü Hajiyev.

The village subsequently became part of the breakaway Republic of Artsakh as part of its Kashatagh Province, where it was known as Tsitsernavank (Armenian: Ծիծեռնավանք), with the Tsitsernavank community including the village of Melikashen (Armenian: Մելիքաշեն).