Historical map of Azerbaijan

The map included to this blogpost was published in 1910 in Saint Petersburg, the capital of Russian empire. "A. F. Marks spciety" made big geographical atlas. It was named "Mark's Big World Table Atlas". That included in itself many maps of those times. Why we show this map in post. The main reason is that when we observe in this map - which were made by Russian geographers in Saint Petersburg - toponyms of modern Armenia are all in Azerbaijani language. There is no any Armenian words in the map in 1910. After Soviet occupatian of Azerbaijan, and creating Armenia SSR in the lands of Azerbaijan these toponyms were changed and armenized.

The map is being exhibited in the National Museum of History of Azerbaijan.

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Shah Tahmasib Safevid

Shah Tahmasib Safevid, son of Shah Ismail Khatai. He ruled after his father's death. Between Shah Tahmasib and Sultan Suleyman Kanuni had battles dyring their rules. Two great turkic states and their leaders were enemies of each other. These wars made Ottomans and Safevid empires weak and in ages they slowly dissappered from the scene.

Azerbaijanis (according to professor Yagub Mahmudov)

AZERBAİJANİS Azerbaijanis are the second greatest Turkic people in the world after Anatolian Turks. The Azerbaijani people are the main and the most ancient aboriginal inhabitants of the Azerbaijan Republic (North Azerbaijan) and South Azerbaijan (the north-west provinces of the Iran Islamic Republic). Azerbaijanis belong to Oghuz branch of Turkic groups of the Altay people. They call themselves Azerbaijanis. In different stages of history they were called “Turks”, “Azerbaijani Turks” or “Caucasian Tatars”, “Azeri Tatars” as well. Azerbaijanis who live in South Azerbaijan and in other regions of Iran call themselves “Turks” up to present. They speak Azerbaijani which belong to Oghuz branch of Turkic group of Altai language family. They bare relation to the caspi (khazar) type of the white (European) race. They are Moslems. Although in the ethno-origin of Azerbaijanis mainly Kuties, Lullabies, Turuks (Turukkues), Hurries, Kimmers, Iskits ...

The book with the sign of M. E. Rasulzade

Nizami Ganjavi was great Azerbaijani poet, born in Ganja city. He wrote five poems which together they are called "Khamsa", means five from arabic language. One of leader-creaters of our Republic Mahammad Emin Rasulzade wrote a book to the honor of Nizami Ganjavi. Book is called "Azərbaycan şairi Nizami", in English means "Azerbaijani poet Nizami". The book was written for 800 years anniversary of the great poet. Book was published in 1951, in Ankara city of Turkey Republic, where M. E. Rasulzade migrated after the occupation of Azerbaijan Republic by bolshevik Russia in 1920. You can see photo of that book with the autograph of great leader M. E. Rasulzade. The book is being exhibited in The National Museum of History of Azerbaijan.

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