Igrar Aliyev

Igrar Habib oglu Aliyev (Azeri: "İqrar Əliyev") (14 March 1924, Baku – 11 June 2004, Baku) was an Azerbaijani historian.

Aliyev wrote 160 peer reviewed journal publications and books. Many of his books are devoted to the Medes and Median Empire. Among his writings are: "The History Of Media"(Baku, 1960), "A Historical Survey of Atropatena" (Baku, 1989), "History of Azerbaijan (Baku, 1993, and in Russian, 1995). "Nagorno Karabakh: History, Facts and Events", No. 22-34 (Baku: Elm, 1982), "On Problems Related to the Ethnic History of the Azerbaijani People" (Baku: Nurlan, 2002), "The History of Aturpatakan" (also translated into Persian, published in Iran in 1999).

Aliyev was a director of the Institute of History of the National Academy of Sciences of Azerbaijan. He followed the methodology of the world-famous Soviet Academician V. V. Struve, who was a leading specialist in the field of ancient Oriental studies. Aliyev knew ancient dead languages including Sumerian, Akkadian, Old Persian and Assyrian. His works specialized in ancient Media, Atropatena and Caucasian Albania and are cited by Western experts in the relevant fields.

Aliyev was against simplifying history for nationalistic and ideological reasons and insisted that history must be based solely on facts.

Works

* The History of Media, Baku, 1960
* The Survey of History of Athropatena, Baku, 1989.
* Nagorny Karabakh: history, facts, events. "Elm", Baku, no. 22-34, 1982.
* The History of Azerbaijan, Baku, 1993
* The History of Azerbaijan, Baku, 1995, in Russian
* The History of Aturpatakan. (Also translated into Persian, Published in Iran)
* The History of Azerbaijan, 1st volume of seven.

Links

[http://azer.com/aiweb/categories/magazine/ai123_folder/123_articles/123_igrar_aliyev.html Remembering Igrar Aliyev: Historian of Ancient Azerbaijan in Azerbaijan International Online, Autumn 2004]