Enayatollah Reza (; June 18, 1920 in

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– July 20, 2010 in

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) was an Iranian historian and professor of philosophy, a former member of the Iranian Communist Party, and a former Iranian military officer. He was a member of the Supreme Academic Council of the Centre for Iranian and Islamic Studies in

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, the publishers of the ''

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''. His research concerned the historical regions of

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and Caucasian Arran; based on this research, he claimed that "Azerbaijan" should properly refer only to the land south of the

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(in Iran) and that the country of Azerbaijan should instead be called "Aran"."Arran, the real name of Adjerbadjan"
Interview with Reza, Iran Chamber Society. Retrieved 2010-02-28.

Works

* ''The Sasanian Civilization'' (alternatively titled ''Civilization of Sassanid Iran'', translation of book by Vladimir Grigorevich Lukonin) * ''Azerbaijan va Arran (Albania-e Qafqaz)'' (in English: ''Azerbaijan and Aran (Albania of Caucasus)'')
From Aran to Azerbaijan
''Goftogu Quarterly'' 33, Spring 2002.

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People from Gilan province 20th-century Iranian historians 1920 births 2010 deaths People from Rasht Tudeh Military Network members Azerbaijani Democratic Party politicians Imperial Iranian Air Force personnel Iran's Book of the Year Awards recipients {{Iran-historian-stub

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