According to 1886 census data, there were 22 homes and 183 Kurds of the Shiite branch of Islam in Qamışlı.

[2] According to the 1912 publication of the Caucasian Calendar, the village of Qamışlı was home to 121 people, the majority of whom were Azerbaijanis (classified as "Tatars" in the census).

[3] Qamışlı was part of the village council of the same name in the Kalbajar District of the Azerbaijan SSR during the early Soviet period in 1933.

[5] It was later incorporated into the breakaway Republic of Artsakh as part of its Shahumyan Province, where it was known as Yeghegnut (Armenian: Եղեգնուտ).

Historical heritage sites in and around the village include the medieval bridge of Shahi (Շահի, lit.