Farida Mammadova
Farida Mammadova | |
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| Born | 8 August 1936 Azerbaijan SSR, Soviet Union |
| Died | 8 December 2021 (aged 85) |
Farida Jafar gizi Mammadova (Azerbaijani: Fəridə Cəfər qızı Məmmədova; 8 August 1936 – 8 December 2021) was an Azerbaijani historian who specialized in the history of ancient Caucasian Albania. She was a lecturer at the Western Caspian University and Baku State University and worked for the Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences.
Career
Mammadova authored numerous research papers, articles and books on Azerbaijani ancient and medieval history. She lectured at the
Mammadova's area of focus was the study of the development of Caucasian Albania, its ethnic composition, political and social life, the development of Christianity in Caucasian Albania, Church of Caucasian Albania, arts and literature.[1] She defended her doctoral dissertation in 1971 under the supervision of historian Karen Yuzbashyan on different copies of the manuscript The History of the Country of Albania by Movses Kaghankatvatsi.[2] The dissertation was published in book form in 1977.[2]
Reception
Mammadova's theories have been criticized by foreign authors for the misinterpretation of historical sources and
According to Thomas de Waal, Mammadova's theories on the Albanians were formulated in such a way as "to separate the Armenians completely from the Caucasus." "She has placed Caucasian Albania on the territory of modern Armenia: all the territories, churches and monasteries in Armenia have been designated as Albanian." He describes Mammadova's theories as "an improved version of what became a very rough tool in Azerbaijan".[3]
During her interviews Mammadova has made anti-Armenian statements, including:
And it is known that on whole planet exactly the Armenian people are distinguished by their absence of spiritual and other human values.[4]
And further:
There are only two nations with an identity but no state....The Jews and the Armenians. The difference is that the Jews created a state in their historical homeland; the Armenians created one not in their historical homeland.[5]
Personal life
She died on 8 December 2021, at the age of 85.[6]
Selected publications
- «История албан» Моисея Каланкатуйского как источник по общественному строю Кавказской Албании ["The History of Albanians" by Moses of Kalankatuy as a Source on the Social Organization of Caucasian Albania], Baku, 1977
- Политическая история и историческая география Кавказской Албании [Political History and Historical Geography of Caucasian Albania], Baku, 1986
- "Le problème de l'ethnos albano-caucasien", Cahiers du Monde russe, Paris, 1990 (article)
- Christianity in Caucasian Albania [1]
- Кавказская Албания и албаны [Caucasian Albania and the Albanians, Baku, 2005
References
- ^ Farida Mammadova Archived 2012-04-02 at the Wayback Machine. Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences.
- ^ a b c d "Albanian Myth" (in Russian) / V.A. Shnirelman, "Voyni pamyati. Mifi, identichnost i politika v Zakavkazye", Moscow, Academkniga, 2003
- ^ a b Thomas de Waal, Black Garden, chapter "Urekavank", in Russian, 2005
- ^ Фарида Мамедова: «Разрушив захоронение «Агадеде», армяне в очередной раз пытаются посягнуть на историю Азербайджана», Day.Az daily, January 06, 2006 (in Russian) Archived November 17, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ De Waal, Thomas. Black Garden: Armenia and Azerbaijan through War and Peace. New York: New York University Press, 2003, p. 154.
- ^ Fəridə Məmmədova Salyanda dəfn olunacaq (in Azerbaijani)
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