Ashaga-Arag is a historical
Mountain-Jewish village. Before Dagestan joined the
Russian Empire, the village was part of the Kartas
mahallah of the
Kura Khanate. After the annexation of the Khanate to the Russian Empire, Ashaga-Arag was listed in the
Kasumkent rural community of the Guney
naib of the
Kyurinsky district of the Dagestan region. In 1895, the village consisted of 200 households, of which 115 households were Mountain Jews. In the early 1900s, the village was divided into Jewish and Lezgin rural communities. After the
1917 revolution, most of the Jews left the village. According to the
1926 census, the village consisted of 124 households. Administratively, it was the center of the Ashaga-Arag village council of the
Kasumkent district. In the 1930s, a
state farm was created in the village, which until 1957 was named after Kashin, then “40 Years of
October”. In 1964, the “Kasumkent” state farm was created. In 1969, a decision was made on the planned resettlement of village residents to the village of Kasumkent. ==Population==