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Institute of Oriental Studies named after Academican Ziya Bunyadov
Web-site www.orientalstudies.az       
Address 115 H. Javid Avenue, Baku, AZ1073, Republic of Azerbaijan 
Phone

(+994 12) 5388755

Fax  
E-mail sharq@oriental.science.az
Director Academician Govhar Bakhshali Bakhshaliyeva

Office phone: (+994 12) 5109721

E-mail: bahsheli@mail.ru

Deputy director

For Academic Affairs

Ruhangiz Aydin gizi Jumshudlu

PhD in Philology, Associate Professor

Mob.: (+994 50) 5861336

E-mail: rufacumwudlu@hotmail.com

For Digital Development

Elnur Karim oglu Mustafayev

PhD in Philosophy, Associate Professor

Mobile: (+994 55) 6506643

E-mail: elnur.mustafayev88@gmail.com

For General Affairs

Gulnar Yashar gizi Mammadova

Mobile: (+994 51) 2981717

E-mail: amira.gulnart@gmail.com

Scientific secretary Sabina Arif gizi Samadova 

Ph.D. in Philology, Associate Professor

Office phone: (+994 12) 5392363

Mob.: (+994 50) 4566303

E-mail: sabina.salimova.77@mail.ru

Establishment history The Institute of Oriental Studies of the Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences was established in 1958 by a decision of the Council of Ministers of the Azerbaijan SSR, on the basis of relevant departments and research groups operating within other institutes of the Academy of Sciences.
Basic activity directions  The socio-economic, cultural, and historical development of the countries of the East and their relations with Azerbaijan.
Main scientific achievements 

Over the years of its activity, the Institute has achieved significant success in the study of the history, culture, economy, and social thought of the countries of the East. In accordance with its areas of research, numerous important scholarly problems have been studied, prestigious international conferences have been held, and fundamental monographs and books have been published. To date, researchers of the Institute have published more than 900 monographs and books and over 10,000 scholarly articles, including hundreds of books and articles published abroad. Over the past 30 years, the Institute has published hundreds of monographs and books, including the following: Kazimov, M. D. The Poetic Heritage of Jamali Tabrizi. Baku: Elm, 1998; Bakhshaliyeva, G. Abu al-Faraj al-Isfahani’s “Book of Songs” and Classical Azerbaijani Literature. Baku: Irshad, 1998; Mustafayev, V. South Azerbaijan: National Consciousness (First Half of the 20th Century). Baku, 1998; Maharramov, T. Ashraf Maraghai: Life and Work. Baku: Elm, 2000; Imanquliyeva, A. The Union of Writers and Mikhail Naimy. Baku: Elm, 2002; Hasanova, E. Secularism and Islam in the Republic of Türkiye. Baku: Elm, 2002; Imanquliyeva, A. Luminaries of Modern Arabic Literature. Baku: Elm, 2003; Bunyadov, Z. The State of the Azerbaijani Atabegs (1136–1225). Baku: Pedagogika, 2004; Rahimli, A. The National-Democratic Movement in South Azerbaijan (1941–1946). Canada, 2005; Bakhshaliyeva, G. The Modern Syrian Story. Baku: ANE, 2007; Alibeyli, Sh. Fuzuli’s Persian Divan: Linguistic and Poetic Features. Baku: Nafta-Press, 2008; Bije, A. Seyid Jafar Pishevari. Baku, 2009; Mohammadi, M. Shams and Mawlana. Baku: Nurlan, 2010; Murselov, R. Contemporary Processes within Islam. Baku: Elm, 2010; Mohammadi, M. Issues of South Azerbaijan. Baku: Baku Print House, 2012; Jumshudlu, R. Fuzuli’s Arabic Poetic Heritage. Baku, 2012; Islam: An Encyclopedic Dictionary. Compiled by G. Bakhshaliyeva and A. Abbasov. Baku: Elm, 2013; Kazimov, M. Najm al-Din Razi’s “Mirsad al-Ibad” (Translation and Commentary). Baku: Nafta Press, 2014; Alizade, A. Farid al-Din Attar’s “Tadhkirat al-Awliya” as a Source of Persian-Language Sufi Literature. Baku: Zardabi, 2014; Salimova, S. The Depiction of the Early Abbasid Period in Arabic Literary Prose. Baku: Araz, 2015; Bakhshaliyeva, G. Unfounded Armenian Claims and Historical Facts. Baku: Elm, 2016; Safari, H. South Azerbaijan: The 1918 Genocide. Baku: Araz, 2016; Hajiyeva, Y. The Struggle of South Azerbaijanis for Their Mother Tongue after the Iranian Islamic Revolution (1979–2005). Baku: Adiloghlu, 2017; Habibov, A., Mammadov, E., Alimuradov, I., and Malikova, L. Islamic Solidarity and Azerbaijan: Realities and Prospects. Baku: Papirus, 2018; The First Part of the Tanakh: Translation of the Torah from Hebrew into Azerbaijani. Translated by T. Sadigov. Baku, 2021; Shikhiyeva, S. Nasimi’s Lyric Poetry: Mystical Content and Poetic Embellishments. Baku: Elm ve Tehsil, 2019; Hasanova, A. Turkic (Azerbaijani) Oikonyms of South Azerbaijan. Baku: Elm ve Tehsil, 2020; The Second Part of the Tanakh: Translation of the Book of the Prophets from Hebrew into Azerbaijani. Translated by T. Sadigov. Baku, 2021; Abu Bakr ibn Khosrov al-Ustad. Munisnama. Translated from Persian, with an introduction, commentary, and notes by R. Rzayeva. Baku: Adiloglu, 2021; Bayramova, L. “Ayyam al-Arab” as a Monument of Arabic Literature of the Jahiliyyah Period. Baku: Elm, 2021; Alakbarova, Kh. Najib Mahfouz: A Pyramid of Arabic Literature. Baku: Elm, 2021; Bakhshaliyeva, G. The Ethnic Identity of Nizami Ganjavi. Russian edition, Baku: Elm, 2021; English and Persian editions, Baku: Elm, 2022; The Third Part of the Tanakh: Translation of the Book of Writings from Hebrew into Azerbaijani. Translated by T. Sadigov. Baku: N Print Studio, 2022; Abbasov, A. Issues in Early Islamic History (6th–7th Centuries) in the Works of Azerbaijani Researchers. Baku: Elm, 2022; Shusha, the Cultural Capital of Azerbaijan. Published in Azerbaijani, English, Persian, Arabic, Turkish, Chinese, and Russian. Baku: Elm, 2022; Bakhshaliyeva, G. An Unforgettable Leader. Baku: Elm, 2023; Kazimov, M. The Invisible Dimensions of Literary Heritage. Baku: Elm, 2023; Mustafayev, E. The Material and Cultural Heritage of Shusha (Based on Epigraphic Monuments). Baku: Elm, 2023; Talibli, S. Crimes against Humanity (20th Century). Tabriz: Aydin Book Publishing House, 2023; Asadov, F. The Khazars and Azerbaijan. Tabriz: Togrul Publishing House, 2023; Mustafayev, V. Once Again on the Territory of a Unified/Whole Azerbaijan. Baku: Elm, 2023. The Institute of Oriental Studies named after Academician Ziya Bunyadov of the Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences maintains extensive international scientific relations. In recent years, the Institute has signed cooperation agreements with Babeș-Bolyai University in Romania (2010); the Bibliotheca Alexandrina in Egypt (2010); the University of Naples L’Orientale in Italy (2013); the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences (2014); the International Institute of Social History in the Netherlands (2014); the Institute of Mediterranean and Oriental Cultures of the Polish Academy of Sciences (2016); Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University in Georgia (2016); the Research Centre for Islamic History, Art and Culture (IRCICA) (2017); the Academy of Social Sciences of Gansu Province, China (2017); the G. Tsereteli Institute of Oriental Studies at Ilia State University in Georgia;

the Institute of Oriental Manuscripts and the Institute of World Literature of the Russian Academy of Sciences (2017);Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University in Georgia (2018);Marmara University in Türkiye (2019);the Center for Strategic Studies of the Republic of Iraq (2022);the R. B. Suleimenov Institute of Oriental Studies in Kazakhstan (2022);and other academic and research institutions.

Total number of employees 165
Structural subdivisions Department of Iranian Philology
Department of Turkish Philology
Department of the religion and social thought
Department of the Study and Publication of Written Monuments
Department of East and West
Department of the South Azerbaijan
Department of the Central Asia
Department of history and economy of Turkey
Department of history and economy of Iran
Department of history and economy of Arabic countries
Department of Arabian Philology
Department of Pacific Asian Countries Region
Department of Publishing and Scientific Information Support
Department of History and Theory of Oriental Studies
Department of Historiography of the Countries of the East
Department of Digital Oriental Studies and Artificial Intelligence
 

Scientific Council:

-       chairman

-       secretary

-       members

 

Bakhshaliyeva Govhar Bakhshali gizi

Samadova Sabina Arif gizi

Jumshudlu Ruhangiz Aydin gizi

Kazimov Mehdi Davud oglu

Bayramzadeh Samad Zulfali oglu

Rustamova-Tohidi Solmaz Ali gizi

Verdiyeva Gunay Vilayat gizi

Ahmadova Lala Farman gizi

Babashli Mammadali Allahverdi oglu

Alakbarova Khumar Elgam gizi

Shikhalibeyli Zenfira Adham gizi

Gundogdu Sariyya Gulagha gizi

Mustafayev Vidadi Kamal oglu

Rahimova Zumrud Talish gizi

Mammadov Vugar Inqilab oglu

Bayramova Lala Mazahir gizi

Talibli Subhan Alakbar oglu

Rzayeva Roida Oqtay gizi

Gafqazli Gular Alakbar gizi

Karimova Khanimzar Ali gizi

Mustafayev Elnur Karim oglu

Mammadov Namiq Eldar oglu

Sadigov Teymur Goca oglu

Seyidbeyli Maryam Hasan gizi

Gasimli Inci Tavakkul gizi

Alizadeh Aygun Ajdar gizi

Huseynova Sevinj Usub gizi

Council of  Young Scientists and Specialists:

-       chairman


-       deputy


-       secretary

-       members

 

Mansimov Nazim Rasim oglu

Gasimov Sanan Ramin oglu

Mammadli Nilufer Abil gizi

Jannatov Asim Jannat oglu

Asgarzadeh Malak Azizkhan gizi

Samadova Gulnisa Usub gizi

Murshudzadeh Jeyhun Elshan oglu

Seyidli Mahammadali Etibar oglu

Ayyubov Orkhan Sahil oglu

Aliyeva Gunay Nikbin gizi

Gulunmjanli Aziza Ayaz gizi

Taghiyeva Aytan Kamil gizi

Mirzaliyeva Aytan Abdulla gizi

Sultanov Elvin Rajab oglu

Guliyev Matin Rovshan oglu

Ahmadova Farida Hamdiya gizi

Dissertation Council

 

5718.01 – World Literature (Arabic Literature)

Bakhshaliyeva Govhar Bakhshali gizi (Chair)

Karimova Khanimzar Ali gizi (Scientific Secretary)

Bayramova Lala Mazahir gizi

Jumshudlu Ruhangiz Aydin gizi

Azizov Elkhan Zakariyya oglu

Imanov Mukhtar Kazim oglu

Sharifli Kamandar Kazim oglu

5717.01 – Literature of the Turkic Peoples

Arasli Nushaba Hamid gizi

Gundoghdu Sariyya Gulaga gizi

Gasimli Inci Tavakkul gizi

Guliyev Elman Hilal oglu

Mammadova-Kekech Elmira Fikrat gizi

Mustafayeva Nurlana Musa gizi

Rahimova Lamiya Sabir gizi

5718.01 – World Literature (Persian Literature)

Kazimov Mehdi Davud oglu (Deputy Chair)

Alizadeh Aygun Ajdar gizi

Hajiyeva Konul Hamid gizi

Guliyeva Bilqeyis Bakhshali gizi

Mammadova Kamina Gavil gizi

Mammadzadeh Javanshir Nadir oglu

Rzayeva Rana Nuraddin gizi

Trade Union:

-       chairman

-       deputy chairman

-       secretary

-       bureau members

 

Talibli Subhan Alakbar oglu

Yəhyayev Shahin Khanoglan oğlu

Bayramli Narmin Bayram gizi

Malikova Leyla Fuad gizi

Mammadov Vugar Inqilab oglu

PR responsible person Mammedov Vugar Inqilab oglu 
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