Anvar Chingizoglu Farajov ( az, Ənvər Çingizoğlu Fərəcov; 10 May 1962 – 10 July 2022) was an Azerbaijani historian,

ethnologist Ethnology (from the grc-gre, ἔθνος, meaning 'nation') is an academic field that compares and analyzes the characteristics of different peoples and the relationships between them (compare cultural, social, or sociocultural anthropology) ...

and

genealogist Genealogy () is the study of families, family history, and the tracing of their lineages. Genealogists use oral interviews, historical records, genetic analysis, and other records to obtain information about a family and to demonstrate kins ...

who mostly specialized in the history and genealogies of medieval

Azerbaijan Azerbaijan (, ; az, Azərbaycan ), officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, , also sometimes officially called the Azerbaijan Republic is a transcontinental country located at the boundary of Eastern Europe and Western Asia. It is a part of t ...

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...

and the

Ottoman Empire The Ottoman Empire, * ; is an archaic version. The definite article forms and were synonymous * and el, Оθωμανική Αυτοκρατορία, Othōmanikē Avtokratoria, label=none * info page on book at Martin Luther University) ...

Life

Anvar Chingizoglu was born in the town of Jabrail in

. His father was originally from Aşağı Yağləvənd village of Fizuli Rayon of

. In 1990, he graduated from the faculty of journalism Azerbaijan State University. Chingizoglu worked for the newspapers "Araz" (Aras, in 1990–1993). He was charged as a redactor to Azərbaycan Televiziya və Radio verilişləri Qapalı Səhmdar Cəmiyyəti. He later started publishing about Azerbaijan's history and genealogy. Chingizoglu was interested in geopolitics, as well as the origin and ethnic structure of Turkic peoples, particularly of the

Afshar people Afshar ( az, Əfşar افشار; tr, Avşar, ''Afşar''; tk, Owşar; fa, اَفشار, Āfshār) is a tribe of Oghuz Turkic origin, that split into several groups in Iran, Turkey and Afghanistan. During the Seljuk conquests of the 11th cen ...

. He wrote three monographs on the history of the Afshar people, namely ''Afshar tribe'' (2008), ''Hossein Qholi Khan Gasimlu-Avshar'' (2012), Fath-Ali Khan Arashlu-Afshar (2014) and ''Afshar Culture'' (2014). He was the author of 70 books and 293 printed scholarly publications. He was an author of the documentary films "Afshars", "Khurshidbanu Natavan", "Mir Mohsun Navvab", "Kamina".

Bibliography

In Azerbaijani

*Hacılılar ("Hajilu tribe"), Baku, 2004. *Səfikürdlülər ("Safikyurdlu"), Baku, 2005. *Qarabağ xanlığı ("

Karabakh Khanate The Karabakh Khanate was a semi-independent Turkic peoples, Turkic Khanates of the Caucasus, Caucasian khanate on the territories of modern-day Armenia and Azerbaijan established in about 1748 under Safavid dynasty, Iranian suzerainty in Karaba ...

"), Baku, 2008. *Qacar kəndi və qacarlar (Qajar village and Qajars), Baku, 2008. *Avşarlar (" Afshar tribe"), Baku, 2008. *Zülqədər eli (" Zulkadir tribe"), Baku, 2011. *Qaradağ xanlığı ("

Karadagh khanate Karadagh Khanate (), was a khanate established in the 18th century, with its capital at Ahar. Khanate The khanate was founded in 1747 by Kazim khan Karadakhlu as an independent entity. Its territory had bordered with Talysh to east, Ardabil, Ta ...

"), Baku, 2011. *Şəmşəddil sultanlığı (" Shamshaddil Sultanate"), Baku, 2013. *Baharlılar (" Baharlus"), Baku, 2013. *Püsyan eli (" Pessian tribe"), Baku, 2013. *Sərab xanlığı (" Sarab Khanate"), Baku, 2013. *Urmiya xanlığı ("

Urmia Khanate The Afshars of Urmia (also spelled Urmiya; fa, افشارهای ارومیه) are a branch of the Afshar tribe centered in the Iranian city of Urmia. From 1624/25 to 1820/21, the governorship of Urmia was mainly in the hands of the Urmia Afshars. ...

"), Baku, 2013. *Marağa xanlığı (" Maragheh Khanate"), Baku, 2013. *Ərdəbil xanlığı (" Ardabil Khanate"), Baku, 2014. *Cavanşir eli:Sarıcalılar ("Javanshir tribe: Sarujalins"), Baku, 2015. *Zəncan xanlığı ("Zanjan Khanate"), Baku, 2015. *Xalxal xanlığı ("

Khalkhal Khanate The Khalkhal Khanate ( fa, خانات خالخال) was an 18th-19th century khanate based in Khalkhal. Khanate of Khalkhal was one of the khanates, located in historic Azerbaijan which remained semi-independent for 62 years. Founding The khana ...

"), Baku, 2016. *Marağa tarixi ("History Maragheh"), Baku, 2016. *Qəzvin tarixi ("History Qazvin"), Baku, 2016. *Qazaxlar ("Kazakhs"), Baku, 2017. *Maku xanlığı ("

Maku Khanate Khanate of Maku was an 18th-20th century khanate based in Maku of the Bayat dynasty. It came into existence after the death of Nader Shah which led to the breakup of the Safavid empire, and gain semi-independence. It rejoined the Persian E ...

"), Baku, 2019.

In Persian

*تاریخ ایل افشار ("History of Afshar tribe"), Urmia, 2016.

Awards

* Honored Cultural Worker of Azerbaijan, 2019.

References

External links

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