AzerbaijanLands of Fires

Vahid Garousi

(vahid at sce dot carleton dot ca)

PhD Student

Dept. of Systems and Computer Engineering

A Presentation on ISA’s WorldTrek Series

Carleton University

26 November 2004

AzərbaycanOdlar Yurdu

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Outline

Geography

History

Scenes

Language

Traditional Cloth

Music

Famous People

Food

And much more!

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Geography:Two Parts (North + South)

North

Official Name: Republic of Azerbaijan

Capital: Baku (Baki)

Population: 1.7 Mil.

Population: 8 Mil.

(July 2002 est.)

Currency: Azerbaijani Manat (AZM)

1 USD ~ 4,911 AZM (September 2004)

South

Azerbaijan territory in Iran

Largest city: Tabriz

Population: 1.5 Mil.

Population: Estimated 30+ Mil.

Iran’s total population ~ 70 Mil. (42%+)

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History

Excavations have shown that human have lived

in the region since more than 1.2 mil years ago.

Part of the Greater Iran (-1828)

Taken apart from Iran – as a result of war with

Russia (1828)

Azerbaijan Within the Russian Empire (1828-1918)

Azerbaijan Democratic Republic (1918-1920)

Azerbaijan Within the Soviet Union (1920-1991)

The Republic of Azerbaijan (1991- present)

Source: http://www.azeris.com/history/

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Cities (North Azerbaijan)

Capital

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Scenes of Baku

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Cities (South Azerbaijan)

My hometownMiyana (Mianeh)

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Girl [or broken] Bridge (Miyana)Picture taken on Jan 2004 by myself

Destroyed in a war between Iran and Russia on 1828

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Some Aerial Images from South Azerbaijan

Səbəlan mountain, 4821 m

Ürmiyə lake

Araz river, dividing North and South Azerbaijan

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Origins of the word “Azerbaijan”

The origins of this name trace back as far as 2500 years.

Alexander (the great)'s ruler by the name of Atropat (Atoorpat), kept the territory from falling into the hands of the invaders. Thus, the land was named after him as "Atoorpatkan" (or Atropatena in ancient Greek writings).

Later, in Arabic pronunciation, Atoorpatkan got the spelling of Azerbaijan.

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Language: Azerbaijani

Language Family Tree

Altaic  (65) • Turkic  (40)

• Southern (10) • Azerbaijani (5)

AZERBAIJANI, SOUTH  [AZB] (Iran) AZERBAIJANI, NORTH  [AZE] (Azerbaijan) KHALAJ  [KLJ] (Iran) QASHQA'I  [QSQ] (Iran) SALCHUQ  [SLQ] (Iran)

• Turkish (4) BALKAN GAGAUZ TURKISH  [BGX] (

Turkey (Europe)) GAGAUZ  [GAG] (Moldova) KHORASANI TURKISH  [KMZ] (Iran) TURKISH  [TRK] (Turkey (Asia))

• Turkmenian (1) TURKMEN  [TCK] (Turkmenistan)

Source: http://www.ethnologue.com

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Language: Azerbaijani

Source: http://www.ethnologue.com

Country Azerbaijani-speaking Population

Azerbaijan 8 Mil.

Iran 23.5 Mil. (1997 est.)

Turkey 500,000+

Iraq 300,000 to 900,000 (1982 est.)

Syria 30,000 (1961 census)

Afghanistan unknown

Total: ~33 Million

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Turks Distribution Map(said to be 290 millions)

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Alphabetand some words!

Hi Səlam

How are you? Necəsən?

Good morning Sabahin xeyr

Good bye Allah əmaninda

What time is it? Saat neçədir?

Where are you going? Hara gedirsən?

Night Gecə

Day Gündüz

Happy birthday! Ad günün mübarək!

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Azerbaijani Faces

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TraditionalCloth

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Music Pop:

Rəşid Behbüdov

Zeynəb Xanlarova

Yəqub Zurüfçı

Dance:

Traditional: Hacibaba Hüseynov

Classic/Opera: Fərəngiz Mütelliyeva

Ramiz Guliyev

Jazz: Rəyin Sültanov

Mugham: Alim Qasimov

For more info and MP3 downloads:

http://www.azerimusic.com

http://www.azerimusic.net

http://www.azerimp3.com

http://www.azerijazz.com

http://www.mp3-az.com

http://www.hajibeyov.com

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A Pop Music Video

Singer: Mətanət Dadaşova

Song: Əfruzə (her little daughter)

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Famous People

Garry Kasparov: Chess player and world chess champion. Born in

Baku, Azerbaijan.

Lotfi Zadeh: was born in Baku, Azerbaijan. His scientific concept, Fuzzy Logic, has strongly impacted computer technology.

Lotfi Zadeh (2nd from right) returned to visit Azerbaijan, his country of birth, in 1967. Here he is seen with officials at the Azerbaijan Oil Institute.

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Azerbaijani Foods

Kabak: grilled beef or chicken

A Must See! http://www.baku-az.com/cookery/

Filled Leaves! (Yarpaq Dolmasi)Grape leaves filled with onions, rice, shredded herbs, seasoning with salt and pepper.

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Quiz! (A Traditional Song for Kids)Jujalarim (My little chickens)

jip-jip jüjelerim

jip-jip-jip-jip jüjelerim

menin gesheng jüjelerim

tükü ipek jüjelerim

(repeat)

gozleyirem tez geliniz

goy chemende denjeliniz

(repeat)

ay menim jüjelerim!

ay menim jüjelerim!

(repeat)

gelin goychek jüjelerim

jip-jip jüjelerim

jip-jip-jip-jip jüjelerim

gelin gesheh jüjelerim

tükü ipek jüjelerim

(repeat)

gelin size yemek verim

mesu verim , chorek verim

(repeat)

ay menim… jüjelerim!

ay menim… jüjelerim!

gelin goychek jüjelerim

jip-jip jüjelerim

jip-jip-jip-jip jüjelerim

menin geseng jüjelerim

tükü ipek jüjelerim

(repeat)

arzum budur boy atasiz, ananiza tez çatasiz.

(repeat)

ay menim… jüjelerim!

ay menim… jüjelerim!

(repeat)

menim geseng jüjelerim

jip-jip jüjelerim

jip-jip-jip-jip jüjelerim

menin geseng jüjelerim

tükü ipek jüjelerim

(repeat)

jip-jip-jip

Performance by:Sugra Bagirzade in 1959.

More info about the song at: http://www.azer.com/aiweb/categories/magazine/54_folder/54_articles/54_jujalarim.html

Sugra’s website: http://www.artsugra.com/eng/

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Web Links about Azerbaijan

www.azer.com, World's Largest Web Site about Azerbaijan, based at California www.cst.uwaterloo.ca/~garousi/az_links.htm, my collection of links, categorized resources.net.az www.azembassy.com, Azerbaijan’s embassy in the US www.usembassybaku.org, US Embassy in Azerbaijan www.un-az.org, UN’s agency in Azerbaijan www.azerbaijan-online.com www.aztv.az, State TV of the Republic of Azerbaijan (Online

Radio/TV Broadcasting)

And a lot more… (just ask me)

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Thanks!

Thank you for your time and attention…Sağ olasiniz vəqtiniz və təvəccühinizə xatir…

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Please feel free to ask any questions!Lütfən utanmayiz və suallarinizi sorişiz!