Oktay Afandiyev
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Oktay Abdulkerim oglu Afandiyev | |
|---|---|
| Oqtay Əbdülkərim oğlu Əfəndiyev | |
| Born | 26 March 1926 |
| Died | 26 February 2013 (aged 86) |
| Alma mater | |
| Spouse | Türkan Afandiyeva |
| Children | Vafa Afandiyeva |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | History |
| Institutions | |
| Doctoral advisor | Boris Zakhoder |
Oktay Abdulkerim oglu Afandiyev (Azerbaijani: Oqtay Əbdülkərim oğlu Əfəndiyev; 26 March 1926 – 26 February 2013) was an Azerbaijani historian, Orientalist, Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor, Corresponding Member of ANAS and Founder of the Azerbaijan School of Safavid Studies.[1]
Academic career
He entered Baku State University in 1945, but after a year he continued his education in Moscow. He graduated from the Moscow Institute of Oriental Studies and in 1955 defended his doctoral dissertation. In 1993, he became a professor. He worked at the Institute of History of ANAS for about sixty years. He was a corresponding member of ANAS since 2001.[3]
He mainly studied the Safavid state and its organizations. Afandiyev was also one of the authors of the "Azerbaijani Soviet Encyclopedia", the multi-volume "History of the USSR" published in Moscow, the "Encyclopedia of Soviet History", the "Islamic Encyclopedia" published in Istanbul. O. Afandiyev was a member of the editorial board of the "Azerbaijan National Encyclopedia".[citation needed]
He worked at Baku State University, Marmara University and Khazar University. From 1994 to 2004, he worked at Khazar University, where he was the director of the Institute for Caucasus and Central Asian Studies.[citation needed]
The works of Oktay Efendiev were referred to in their studies by such researchers as W. Floor,[4][5] H. Halm, I. P. Petrushevsky, G. R Romer, Jean-Paul Roux, F. Sumer, Y. E. Bregel, I. Melikoff,[6] A. Allouch, S. Kitagawa, O. Altstadt, K. Kutsia, E. Gruner, A. Yaman, M. Temizkan, N. Chetinkaya, E. I. Vasilieva, L. P. Smirnova and others.[citation needed]
