The History of The Seljuk State ın Azerbaijani Historiography

Abstract

The Muslim-Turkic state Seljuk Empire, which formed in the Middle East in the 11th century, played an important role in the political, economical and cultural life of many peoples. Azerbaijan was one of the countries located in the geographical area dominated by the Seljuk state. In this regard, study the history of the Seljuks state has always been relevant in Azerbaijan historiography. However this problem has been studied since the second half of the twentieth century and is still in its infancy. In Azerbijan historiography Z.Bunyadov, N.Akhundova, N.Aliyeva, T.Dostiyev, R.Huseynov, Sh.Mustafayev, E.Mammadov, I.Hajiyev, A.Ismayilova and others conducted research on this topic.Academician Z.Bunyadov was one of the first researchers of the Seljuk period in Azerbaijani historiography. The monograph of the prominent orientalist "The state of the Atabeys of Azerbaijan in 1136-1225" published in 1978 is very important in this regard. Using medieval Arabic sources and numerous works writen by modern historians of Azerbaijan, Turkey, Russia and Western Europe of on the history of the Seljuk state, the author conducted research on various problems of the Seljuk state and provided very interesting information in his monograph. After Z.Bunyadov many other Azerbaijani researchers were interested in Seljuk History.The aim of this research is to investigate the history of Seljuk State by considering the researches of Azerbaijani authors and scholars. To this aim we benefit from Z. Bunyadov, N. Akhundova, N.Aliyeva, T.Dostiyev, R.Huseynov, Sh.Mustafayev, E.Mammadov, L.Hajiyev, A. Ismayilova.