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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!