Short Biography:
Born on May 23, 1951, in Khyrxtala village, Qutqashen (now Qabala) district.
Graduated from the Zaraqan village secondary school in Qutqashen (Qabala) district in 1968.
Education, Academic Degrees, and Titles:
Professor (since April 22, 2011)
Associate Professor (1994-2009)
PhD in Philology, Institute of Linguistics, National Academy of Sciences of Azerbaijan (1983)
Postgraduate studies (1978-1981)
Professional Experience:
Professor, Baku Eurasian University (since April 22, 2011)
Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs, Baku Eurasian University (March 13, 2015 - September 16, 2015)
Senior Researcher, Institute of Manuscripts, National Academy of Sciences of Azerbaijan (2009-2015)
Associate Professor, Higher Diplomacy College (1995-2009)
Senior Lecturer, Higher Diplomacy College (1993-1995)
Deputy Minister, Ministry of Public Education of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Ministry of Higher and Secondary Special Education of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Ministry of Education of the Republic of Azerbaijan (September 1992 - November 1993)
Senior Researcher, Institute of Manuscripts, National Academy of Sciences of Azerbaijan (January 1991 - January 1992)
Leading Researcher, Institute of Manuscripts, National Academy of Sciences of Azerbaijan (February 1988 - January 1991)
Head of Department, Institute of Manuscripts, National Academy of Sciences of Azerbaijan (June 1987 - February 1988)
Editor, “Elm” newspaper, National Academy of Sciences of Azerbaijan (August 1985 - June 1987)
Deputy Editor, “Azadliq” newspaper (December 1989 - July 1991)
Senior Reporter, “Azadliq” newspaper (August 1991 - January 1992)
Senior Researcher, Institute of Linguistics, National Academy of Sciences of Azerbaijan (October 1984 - January 1986)
Junior Researcher, Institute of Linguistics, National Academy of Sciences of Azerbaijan (January 1981 - October 1984)
Postgraduate Student, Institute of Linguistics, National Academy of Sciences of Azerbaijan (December 1978 - January 1981)
Teacher, Small Piralli village secondary school, Qutqashen (Qabala) district (September 1977 - December 1978)
Teacher, Topchu village secondary school, Ismailly district (September 1974 - September 1977)
Student, Azerbaijan State University (now Baku State University) (1969-1974)
Pioneer Leader, 8-year school in Khyrxtala village, Qutqashen (Qabala) district (1968-1969)
Research Areas:
As a linguist: The pre-history of the Azerbaijani language, modern Azerbaijani language, and the history of literary language.
As a textual scholar: Transfonelitization of works by Azerbaijani poets and writers of the 19th-20th centuries.
As a historian: History of Azerbaijan (18th-20th centuries); History of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic (1918-1920); History of the National Assembly of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic (1918-1920) and its members; History of Azerbaijani education (19th-20th centuries); Lives of 102 students sent abroad by the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic (1918-1920) for studies; Lives of Azerbaijani students in higher education institutions before 1920; Lives of Azerbaijani intellectuals who were repressed in 1930.
Courses Taught:
Main language studied
History of literary language
Text analysis (Old Azerbaijani alphabet)
Work on texts
Modern Azerbaijani language
Dialectology
