In 1919, the elder of the Padar nomads, Ağacan İbad oğlu, testified before the Azerbaijani Extraordinary Investigative Commission about the destruction of his community’s encampments. His words, recorded in the archives, describe the killings, the loss of vast herds, and the collapse of a way of life. A century later, his account not only preserves the memory of the Padars’ suffering but also shows how the Commission struggled with conflicting evidence and resisted turning accusations into indictments without proof.