[1][3] The Sofulu tribe spent the summer in the territory of Zangezur, and the winter in Karabakh.

[4][5][6] On 25 October 2020, during the Second Karabakh War, the Azerbaijani Army regained the control over the village of Sofulu and liberated it.

[8][9][10] During the Soviet years, the village was part of Jabrayil district of Azerbaijan SSR.

According to the publication “Administrative Division of the ASSR”, prepared in 1933 by the Department of National Economic Accounting of the Azerbaijan SSR (AzNEA), as of 1 January 1933, in the village of Sofulu, which was part of the Ahmedly village council of Jabrayil district, Azerbaijan SSR, there were 46 farms and 294 residents.

The entire population of the village council were Azerbaijanis (in the source listed as “Turks”).