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

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

and

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

who mostly specialized in the history and genealogies of medieval

Azerbaijan Azerbaijan, officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, is a Boundaries between the continents, transcontinental and landlocked country at the boundary of West Asia and Eastern Europe. It is a part of the South Caucasus region and is bounded by ...

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian Sea to the north, Turkmenistan to the nort ...

and the

Ottoman Empire The Ottoman Empire (), also called the Turkish Empire, was an empire, imperial realm that controlled much of Southeast Europe, West Asia, and North Africa from the 14th to early 20th centuries; it also controlled parts of southeastern Centr ...

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 Baku State University (BSU) (BDU; ) is a public university located in Baku, Azerbaijan. Established on 1 September 1919 by the Parliament of Azerbaijan Democratic Republic, the university started with faculties of history and philology, physics a ...

. Chingizoglu worked for the newspaper "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 ( ; , ; ; ) is a tribe of Oghuz Turks, Oghuz Turkic origin that split into several groups in Iran, Turkey and Afghanistan. Afshar means "obedient". According to Rashid-al-Din Hamadani, Afshar, the eponymous founder of the tribe, was a son ...

. 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 (also spelled Qarabagh; ; ) was a Khanates of the Caucasus, khanate under History of Iran, Iranian and later Russian Empire, Russian suzerainty, which controlled the historical region of Karabakh, now divided between modern ...

"), Baku, 2008. *Qacar kəndi və qacarlar (Qajar village and Qajars), Baku, 2008. *Avşarlar ("

Afshar tribe Afshar ( ; , ; ; ) is a tribe of Oghuz Turkic origin that split into several groups in Iran, Turkey and Afghanistan. Afshar means "obedient". According to Rashid-al-Din Hamadani, Afshar, the eponymous founder of the tribe, was a son of Yildiz ...

"), Baku, 2008. *Zülqədər eli (" Zulkadir tribe"), Baku, 2011. *Qaradağ xanlığı ("

Karadagh khanate Karadagh Khanate (), was a Khanates of the Caucasus, khanate established in the 18th century, with its capital at Ahar. Khanate The khanate was founded in 1747 by Kazim Khan Karadakhli as an independent entity. Its territory had bordered by Taly ...

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

Sarab Khanate The Sarab Khanate () was a khanate centered around Sarab from 1747 and ruled by the Kurdish Shaqaqi tribe. History Rise of the Khanate With the collapse of the Safavid Empire in 1722, the Caucasian provinces were thrown into chaos. The ...

"), Baku, 2013. *Urmiya xanlığı (" Urmia Khanate"), Baku, 2013. *Marağa xanlığı (" Maragheh Khanate"), Baku, 2013. *Ərdəbil xanlığı ("

Ardabil Khanate Ardabil Khanate () was an 18th-19th century khanate based in Ardabil. It was established by Badr Khan in 1736, who attended the coronation of Nader Shah in January 1736. The khanate was ruled by Sarikhanbayli clan of Shahsevan tribal alliance. It w ...

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

Khalkhal Khanate The Khalkhal Khanate () was an 18th-19th century khanate based in Khalkhal. Khanate of Khalkhal was one of the khanates of Azerbaijan (in Iran) which remained semi-independent for 62 years. Founding The khanate was founded by Qizilbash tribes ...

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

Maku Khanate The Khanate of Maku () was an 18th–20th century khanate based in Maku, Iran, Maku, ruled by a family of Bayat (tribe), Bayat origin. History It came into existence after the death of Nader Shah in 1747. Ahmad Khan Bayat, according to oral tra ...

"), 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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