Vasim Mammadali oghlu Mammadaliyev (; August 27, 1942 – October 13, 2019) was an Azerbaijani scientist of

oriental studies Oriental studies is the academic field that studies Near Eastern and Far Eastern societies and cultures, languages, peoples, history and archaeology. In recent years, the subject has often been turned into the newer terms of Middle Eastern studie ...

, dean of

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faculty at

Baku State University Baku State University (BSU) (BDU; ) is a public university located in Baku, Azerbaijan. Established on 1 September 1919 by the Parliament of Azerbaijan Democratic Republic, the university started with faculties of history and philology, physics ...

, chairman of a cathedra of

Arabic philology Arab studies or Arabic studies is an academic discipline centered on the study of Arabs and Arab World. It consists of several disciplines such as anthropology, sociology, linguistics, historiography, archaeology, cultural studies, economics, geog ...

and full member of

Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences (ANAS) (, located in Baku, is the main state research organization and the primary body that conducts research and coordinates activities in the fields of science and social sciences in Azerbaijan. It was ...

Life

Vasim Mammadaliyev was born on August 27, 1942, in

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, into a family of intellectuals. He got his primary education in Baku and then entered oriental studies faculty of

Azerbaijan State University Baku State University (BSU) (BDU; ) is a public university located in Baku, Azerbaijan. Established on 1 September 1919 by the Parliament of Azerbaijan Democratic Republic, the university started with faculties of history and philology, physics a ...

, with a specialty in Arabic philology. In 1964–1967, he was post-graduate student of Azerbaijan State University. In 1968, at the age of 26, he defended Doctor's dissertation on the theme of “Comparative and typological analysis of tenses of the verb in modern

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- Azerbaijani languages and

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i dialect” at Tbilisi State University, and he became the youngest Doctor of Arabic sciences in the

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after defending Doctor's dissertation on the theme of “Tense, person and mood in modern Arabic language”, in 1974, at the age of 32.

Scientific activity

In 1978, he became the Professor of

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. Vasim Mammadaliyev was a member of the ⁣⁣Iraqi Academy of Sciences (1989), Academy of

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ic Right under the

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(1994),

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n Academy of

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Sciences and Arabic philology (1995) and Academy of Arabic Language of

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(2003). In 1992, he acquired a title of Honored Science Worker of Azerbaijan. In 2002, the

Sheref Order The Sharaf Order (), translated as the ''Order of Honor'', is an order of the Republic of Azerbaijan. It was ratified by Ilham Aliyev, the president of Azerbaijan, on 16 February 2007, by Decree No. 248-IIIQ. Status The Sharaf Order of the Repu ...

was conferred on him. In 2003, he acquired a title of Honored Science Worker of

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. In 2007, he was chosen academician of Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences. Mammadaliyev was the author of more than 600 articles and 20 books. His works were published in more than 15 countries. He had scientific collaboration with such countries as

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, the

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and others. He translated the Quran into the Azerbaijani language together with academician

Ziya Bunyadov Ziya Musa oglu Bunyadov (, sometimes spelled in English as Zia Buniatov or Bunyatov; 21 December 1923 in Astara – 21 February 1997) was an Azerbaijani historian, academician, and Vice-President of the National Academy of Sciences of Azerbaij ...

during the

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period. The translation, which was initially published in 1991, later was republished 10 times. Vasim Mammadaliyev was chairman of the Azerbaijani-Iraqi friendship Union and the Scientific-Religious Council of the

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s Clerical Office since 1997.

References

External links

Al-Quran
Project includes Vasim Mammadaliyev and Ziya Bunyadov Azerbaijani

translation. {{DEFAULTSORT:Mammadaliyev, Vasim Azerbaijani orientalists Academic staff of Baku State University 1942 births Baku State University alumni Religion academics Recipients of the Sharaf Order 2019 deaths Translators of the Quran into Azerbaijani 20th-century translators