The village is situated at an altitude of 1528 m in the central part of Shusha district.

In the 19th century, the village of Zarisli belonged to the khan's daughter, the Azerbaijani poetess Khurshidbanu Natavan.

[4] In 1992 during the First Karabakh War, the territory of the village was occupied by Armenian Armed Forces and was destroyed.

[3][5][6] According to the trilateral statement signed on the night of 9-10 November 2020, following the results of the Second Karabakh War, the village came under the control of the Russian Peacekeeping Forces.

During the years of Russian Empire, the village of Zarisli (Zarislu) was part of Shusha district of Elizavetpol province.