Brief information of the history of Garabagh. The word Karabakh itself, which is translated from Azerbaijani as the Black Garden, proves that this land belongs to Azerbaijan historically. Karabakh has specific place and role in the history of Azerbaijan. The region of our country is one of the most ancient habitations in the world... The series of “The true facts about Garabakh”. Garabagh is one of the most ancient lands, not only in Azerbaijans history, but also in the history of the world. Sites of the most ancient times have been found within its territory. In 1968 the jaw-bone of Azykh named azikhanthropus was found in the Azykh Cave. Persumably , Azykh men lived in the region 250-300 thousand years ago. Throughout the history Garabagh was an inseparable part of Azerbaijan. Significant changes in Garabagh history took place in the 7th – 9th centuries, with the Arab Caliphate occupation and disappearance of the Albanian state from the scene. As a result of the Arab conquest, the majority of the Albanian. Christian population adopted Islam, but the rest, especially the population of the Albanian highlands in Garabagh, adhered to the Christianity which had been declared as a state religion of Albania in the 4th century. After the occupation of the Northern Azerbaijani territories by Russia in the early 19th century, the process of Gregorianization and Azmenianization of the Christian population of Garabagh highlands started with the liquidation of the Albanian Catholicosate by order of the Russian tsar through the pressure and repeated appeals of Echmiadzin. Garabagh was part of different Muslim states such as Sajids, Salaridis, Shaddadis, Atabays, Hulakids (Elkhanids), Garagoyunlu, Aghgoyunlu, which replaced one another, in Azerbaijan after its occupation by the Arabs. The establishment of the Azerbaijan state of Safavids (1501) was marked of all Azerbaijani lands. One of the four provinces established by the Safavids was named the Garabagh or Ganja province. After the death of Nadir shah who had put an end to the existence of the Safavids state, new independent and semi-independent entities, khanates and sultanates emerged in Azerbaijan. One of them was the Garabagh khanate was one of the prominent statesman of Azerbaijan - Panahali Bey Javanshir. During the reign of his son, Ibrahim khan, the Garabagh khanate became even more powerful. In 1805 Ibrahim signed a treaty with the commander of the Russian forces P.D. Sisianov in Kurakchay. According to the Kurakchay Treaty , Garabagh khanate was annexed to Russia as a Muslim - Azerbaijani land. The Kurekchay Treaty is one of the most important documents evidencing that Garabagh, including its mountainous region, historically belonged to the Azerbaijani nation. After the occupation of Northern Azerbaijan, Tsarism pursued the policy of Armenianization in order to consolidate its positions on those lands. In accordance with the 1828 Turkemenchai Treaty and the 1829 Edirne Treaty, Armenians from Persia and Turkey resettled to Northern Azerbaijan, including garabagh. On 28 May 1918, after being ruled by Russia for almost 100 years, the Azerbaijani people established a new independent state in Northern Azerbaijan. Peoples Republic of Azerbaijan secured political power on the territory of Garabagh as well. At the same time, the newly founded Armenian (Ararat) republic made unsubstantiated territorial claims on Garabagh in this period in order to get a hold of Garabagh, Armenians continued to commit acts of genocide, a method they had resorted to before. Concerned with the situation, in January 1919 the Azerbaijan government established the Garabagh General Governorship Covering the lands of Shusha, Javanshir, Jabrayil and Zangazur uezds. A few years after the establishment of the Soviet State in Azerbaijan on 28 April 1920 as a result of targeted processes during the period of 1920-1923, Azerbaijan lands which were part of the former Garabagh khanate lost their traditional historical and geographical historical and geographical integrity. After the sovietization of Azerbaijan it was forced to grant Daghlig Garabagh (in English – Mountainous Garabagh) (in Russian - Nagorny Karabagh) the status of autonomous province. Thus an inseparable part of Azerbaijan - Garabagh - was artificially divided into the plain and mountainous parts. In spite of all those historical injustices, Azerbaijan implemented complex reforms to improve the situation in political, social, economic and cultural, areas in the Daghlig Garabagh Autonomous Province However, Armenian secessionists Continued to pursue their policy of separatism, thus inflicting severe damage on Azerbaijan. On the eve of the USSR Collapse they intensified their actions. The war of aggression against Azerbaijan was launched. Mehriban Aliyeva. President of Heydar Aliyev Foundation, Goodwill Ambassador of UNESCO
Posted on: Sun, 10 Nov 2013 09:32:02 +0000
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