Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences

-         specialty code

-         specialty name

5503.02, 5502.01

Homeland history, General history

Mutual relations between the Aghgoyunlu state and Venice (60-70s of the 15th century)

-         specialty code

-         specialty name

5503.02, 5502.01

Homeland history, General history

Mutual relations of the Aghgoyunlu and Safavid states with Western European countries (second half of the 15th century - beginning of the 17th century)

-         date

26.04.2007
History

- date

- specialty name

02.05.2017

History 

-         number of scientific publications printed abroad

   - number of PhD

   - number of Doctors

62

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- Yagub Mahmudov was the first historian to disclose Azerbaijan’s vast diplomatic relations with European countries in 15-17th centuries as well as names of Azerbaijani diplomats who held talks with European countries.

- In 2003, the textbook "Ata yurdu" ("Fatherland") prepared by him was selected as "Textbook of the Year" for its new scientific perspective on the history of Azerbaijan and for opening a successful page in textbook culture.

- "Encyclopedia of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic" edited by Yagub Mahmudov (in 2 volumes, Baku, 2004-2005) is the first fundamental scientific work covering all areas of the ADR’s history.

- In the book "Garabagh: real history, facts, documents" (in 7 languages) co-authored by him, the history of Garabagh was interpreted for the first time in its entirety - from the earliest times to the present day based on irrefutable documents and photographs.

- The special content of the first "Historical Atlas of Azerbaijan" (Baku, 2007) was developed under the guidance and editing of Yagub Mahmudov.

- Under his supervision, the "Azerbaijani history in the first sources" project was realized and tens of thousands of archival documents from Turkey, Russia, Georgia, France, Great Britain, Germany, India and other countries were brought to the country.

- The two-volume "Heydar Aliyev" (Baku, 2013), co-authored by the historian, is the first initiative to investigate the statehood activities of the Great Leader Heydar Aliyev at the academic level.

- The two-volume "History of the Republic of Azerbaijan" (Baku, 2016), co-authored by him, is the first initiative to study the history of the period of independence of Azerbaijan at an academic level.

- The atlas "Azerbaijan on historical maps" (Baku, 2022), edited and published by Yagub Mahmudov, is the first fundamental atlas on the history of Azerbaijan.

- He established scientific schools in the field of history of diplomacy, the lost lands, and the history of genocides.

He is an author of more than 1000 monographs, books, textbooks, scientific, scientific-publicistic articles and other publications, on the history of diplomacy of Azerbaijan, different periods of Azerbaijani and world history.

Main scientific works:

1. Azərbaycanın Avropa ölkələri ilə əlaqələri. Bakı: ADU, 1986.

2. Взаимоотношения государств Аккоюнлу и Сефевидов с западноевропейскими странами (II половина XV - начало XVII века). Баку: Издательство Бакинского университета, 1991.

3. Azerbaijan and Europe. London-New York: Xlibris, 2010. (also published in Azerbaijani, Turkish, Russian and Italian languages)

4. Azərbaycan tarixində Heydər Əliyev şəxsiyyəti. Bakı: "Təhsil", 2002.

5. Azərbaycan Xalq Cümhuriyyəti Ensiklopediyası. 2 cilddə. Bakı: "Lider nəşriyyat", 2004-2005. (Editor-in-Chief)

6. Azerbaijan: short history of statehood. Baku: "Tahsil", 2006. (also published in Azerbaijani, Russian, Urdu and Ukrainian languages)

7. Garabagh: real history, facts, documents. Baku: "Tahsil", 2005. (also published in Azerbaijani, Turkish, Russian, Arabic, French and German languages – co-author)

8. Nakhchivan: History and Monuments. Baku: "Tahsil", 2007. (in Azerbaijani and English – co-author)

9. Azərbaycan tarixi atlası. Bakı: Bakı Kartoqrafiya Fabriki, 2007. (Editor-in-Chief)

10. The Iravan Khanate: the Russian occupation and the relocation of Armenians to the lands of North Azerbaijan. Baku: "Chashioglu", 2010. (also published in Azerbaijani, Turkish, Russian, Romanian, Italian, Arabic, Spanish and German languages – editor-in-chief, author of the introductory article and afterword)

11. Heydər Əliyev ideyalarının zəfər yürüşü. Bakı: "Təhsil", 2011. (also published in Russian and Ukrainian languages)

12. Şuşa‐Pənahabad. Bakı: "Təhsil", 2012. (project director and author of the foreword)

13. Heydər Əliyev. 2 cilddə. Bakı: Turxan NPB, 2013. (project director, scientific editor, author of the introductory article and afterword)

14. İlham Əliyev və Azərbaycan tarix elmi. Bakı: Turxan NPB, 2014.

15. Real history and confabulation on "great Armenia". Baku: Historians of Azerbaijan Public Union, 2015. (also published in Azerbaijani, Turkish, Russian, Georgian, Arabic, Persian, German, Spanish, French and Hebrew languages)

16. Historical inheritance right of the people of Azerbaijan on Irevan and surrounding land shall be restored. Baku: Turkhan PPA, 2015. (in Azerbaijani, Russian and English)

17. Azərbaycan Respublikasının tarixi. 2 cilddə. Bakı: Azərbaycan Tarixçiləri İctimai Birliyi, 2016. (project director and scientific editor)

18. Azərbaycan xalqına qarşı 1918‐ci il soyqırımları. Bakı: Azərbaycan Tarixçiləri İctimai Birliyi, 2016. (scientific editor and author of the foreword)

19. Pseudoscience by falsificators, or "The History" by Armenian. Baku: Turkhan PPA, 2018. (also published in Azerbaijani, Russian and Georgian languages)

20. Azərbaycan tarixi xəritələrdə. Atlas. Bakı: Azərbaycan Tarixçiləri İctimai Birliyi, 2022. (scientific editor, author of the foreword and publisher)

1. Full member of Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences;

2. Member of the Scientific Council of the Faculty of History of BSU;

3. Member of the Dissertation Council at the Institute of History and Ethnology of ANAS;

4. Full member of the International Academy of Sciences of the Turkic World Studies;

5. Full member of the International Aytmatov Academy;

6. Full member of the International Academy of Modern Sciences named after Lutfi Zadeh;

7. Full member of the International Academy of Economic and Social Sciences of Italy;

8. Full member of the European Academy of Natural Sciences;

9. Full member of the Boniface Academy of Italy;

10. Full member of the Israeli Independent Academy for Development of Sciences;

11. Honorary member of the Turkish Historical Society.

Yagub Mahmudov worked as senior lecturer and Associate Professor at the Azerbaijan State Pedagogical Institute (now ASPU) in 1968-1981, and as an Associate Professor, head of department, deputy dean and dean at the Faculty of History of BSU in 1981-2004. He has been serving as head of the Department of History of the Ancient World and Middle Ages at the Faculty of History of BSU since 1991, and the formation of the department is connected with his name.

He took an active part in the establishment of the new education system in Azerbaijan, including drafting and improving university admission programs, creating test banks and developing methodical aids on some disciplines. In 1991, under his leadership, the first "History of Azerbaijan" program for secondary schools was published. In 1991-1992, he led the expert working group, which developed the Education Concept and the Education Law. The creation of the first "History of Azerbaijan" and "History of the Middle Ages" textbooks (for secondary schools) of the country’s independence period is also associated with the name of the historian.

Yagub Mahmudov worked as a scientific editor, a senior scientific editor, chief of editorial office and deputy editor-in-chief on scientific issues at the Encyclopedia of Azerbaijan in 1966-1975, as the Deputy Chairman of the Supreme Attestation Commission under the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Azerbaijan (now the Supreme Attestation Commission under the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan) and Director General of the Polygraphic Union of Publishing House of "Azerbaijan Encyclopedia" in 1992-1993, and as the Director of the Institute of History and Ethnology of ANAS in 2004-2021.

He was a member of the Political Council of the New Azerbaijan Party (YAP) and addressed the 1st and 3rd congresses of the YAP. In 2000, 2005, 2010 and 2015, he was elected to the Milli Majlis (Parliament) of the Republic of Azerbaijan. He was Heydar Aliyev’s and then Ilham Aliyev’s advocate in the presidential elections, and accompanied them during several official state visits. He is a member of the YAP Veterans Council.

1. Republic of Azerbaijan:

- Honored Scientist;

- "Shohrat" Order;

- "Sharaf" Order;

- State Award;

- 1st degree "Emek" Order;

- "100th anniversary of Heydar Aliyev (1923-2023)" jubilee medal;

- "100th anniversary of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic (1918-2018)" jubilee medal;

- "100th anniversary of the Azerbaijani Police (1918-2018)" jubilee medal;

- "100th anniversary of the Azerbaijani Judiciary (1918-2018)" jubilee medal;

- "100th anniversary of the state security and foreign intelligence agencies of the Republic of Azerbaijan (1919-2019)" jubilee medal;

- "100th anniversary of the Azerbaijan Border Guard (1919-2019)" jubilee medal;

- "100th anniversary of Baku State University (1919-2019)" jubilee medal;

- "Abbasgulu Agha Bakikhanov" award of ANAS;

- "Yusif Mammadaliyev", "Rasul Rza", "Qizil qilinc", "Qizil qalam", "Samir Asgarkhanov", "Humay", "Friend of youth" and "Friend of ecology" awards.

2. International Academy of Sciences of the Turkic World Studies:

- "International Gold Star" medal;

- International Atatürk Award;

- "Scientist of the Year in the Turkic World" international award for 2019;

- "Istiglal" Order;

- "Man of the Year in the Turkic World" international award for 2022.

3. European Academy of Natural Sciences:

- "Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz" medal;

- "Legion of Honor" order;

- "Order of Phenomena" (Leonardo da Vinci);

- "Scientist of the Year in Europe" international award for 2022.

4. UN Council for Public Awards (UNCOPA):

- "The Leader Personality of the XXI century" international award;

- Order of the Leader;

- European Service Order;

- The Order of the European Leader Star;

- "Ambassador of Peace" honorary title.

5. Other awards:

- Honored scientist of the Republic of Dagestan;

- Honorary Professor of the Academic Union, Oxford, UK;

- "The Best Chief Manager" honorary title;

- "Queen Victoria" international award;

- "Ataman Anton Golovaty" Order.

Presidium of ANAS, AZ1001, Republic of Azerbaijan, Baku, Istiglaliyyat street, 30;

BSU, AZ1148, Republic of Azerbaijan, Baku, academician Zahid Khalilov street, 33.

Adviser of ANAS;

Head of the Department of History of the Ancient World and Middle Ages at the Faculty of History of BSU.