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Azerbaijani scientist: â€œMarking the 2790th anniversary of Yerevan has no scientific groundâ€

03 April 2008 12:55 (UTC +04:00)

Yerevan was established during the Arabic period. Yerevan and Western Azerbaijan do not belong to Armenians or Armenian historyâ€, Deputy Director of History Institute of Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences Jabi Bahramov told APA. He said that Urartu sources, scientific works by outstanding Russian historians, Igor Dyakonov, Azerbaijani academician Igrar Aliyev, American scientist Armenian by origin Nina Garsia and others showed that the Armenians had nothing to do with this territory.
â€œAfter the spread of Christianity, churches, as well as Grigoryan church started missionary activity beginning from the fifth century. The churches sent missionaries to different places, as well as to the territories around Van Lake in Turkey. In the first half of the 19th century Armenians started to settle in the North Azerbaijan occupied by Russia and Irevan khanate, a part of Azerbaijan. Armenian state had existed neither in Turkey, nor in the territory of Azerbaijan by 1918. On May 29, 1918 Yerevan was yielded to Armenians, as a result of it they managed to establish state with support of the English, Americans and French. After North Azerbaijan was occupied by Soviet Russia in 1920, measures were taken to extend Armeniansâ€™ territory and 19.800 sq km territory of Soviet Azerbaijan was yielded to Armenians as a result of direct pressure exerted by Soviet Russiaâ€, he said.
According to historical data, the history of ancient Azerbaijani land - Yerevan as a city, castle started after the collapse of the caliphate. The territory belonged to the Sajis of Turkish origin, then Salaris and Ravvadis, Saljug Empire, Atabeys, Hulakis and in the 15th century belonged to Garagoyunlus, Aggoyunlus and Sefevids. In the reign of Sefevids, Yerevan became administrative center of Chukhursheher beylerbeylik, finally Yerevan khanate, and with the occupation of North Azerbaijan Yerevan province was established, and Republic of Armenia was established after Yerevan was yielded on May 29, 1918.
Bahramov said these were historical facts and underlined that Azerbaijanâ€™s related bodies should take a stance on marking the 2790th anniversary of Yerevan on the international level.