Vasim Mammadaliyev

Vasim Mammadali oghlu Mammadaliyev (Azerbaijani: Vasim Məmmədəli oğlu Məmmədəliyev; August 27, 1942 – October 13, 2019)^[1] was an Azerbaijani scientist of oriental studies, dean of theology faculty at Baku State University, chairman of a cathedra of Arabic philology and full member of Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences.^[2]

Life

Vasim Mammadaliyev was born on August 27, 1942, in Baku, into a family of intellectuals.

He got his primary education in Baku and then entered oriental studies faculty of Azerbaijan State University, on a specialty of Arabic philology.

In 1964–1967, he was post-graduate student of Azerbaijan State University. In 1968, at the age of 26, he defended Doctor's dissertation on the theme of “Comparative and typological analysis of tenses of the verb in modern

In 1978, he became the Professor of ANAS. Vasim Mammadaliyev was a member of Iraqi Academy of Sciences (1989), Academy of Islamic Right under the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (1994), Syrian Academy of Quran Sciences and Arabic philology (1995) and Academy of Arabic Language of Egypt (2003).^[4]

In 1992, he acquired a title of Honored Science Worker of Azerbaijan. In 2002, the

Mammadaliyev was the author of more than 600 articles and 20 books. His works were published in more than 15 countries. He had scientific collaboration with such countries as Turkey, Iran, Iraq, Egypt, Libya, Georgia, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Syria, the UAE, Kuwait and others. He translated the Quran into Azerbaijani language together with academician Ziya Bunyadov during the Soviet period.^[6][7] The translation which was initially published in 1991, later was republished 10 times.

Vasim Mammadaliyev was chairman of the Azerbaijani-Iraqi friendship Union and the Scientific-Religious Council of the

External links

• Al-Quran Project includes Vasim Mammadaliyev and Ziya Bunyadov Azerbaijani Quran translation.

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