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in tHE CL Rouben Galichian Other titles by Rouben was born in Tabriz, A Iran, to a family of Galichian: SH immigrant Armenians who fled Van in 1915 SOUTH CAUCA Historic Maps of Armenia to escape the Geno- The Cartographic Heritage cide, arriving in Iran via OF Armenia, Georgia and Countries South of the Caucasus France. After attend- ing school in Tehran, HIST in Medieval Maps Rouben received a Armenia, Georgia and Azerbaijan scholarship to study in the UK and graduated with a degree in Engineering from The Invention of History the University of Aston, Birmingham, in 1963. His books Rewriting history and redrawing boundaries are ancient political include Historic Maps of Armenia: The Cartographic Azerbaijan, Armenia, and the Heritage (2004, plus expanded version in English, strategies for shaping national identity, nation-building and establishing O Showcasing of Imaginations Russian and Armenian, 2005), Countries South of the territorial claims. Ethnicity and cultural heritage are especially powerful RIES Caucasus in Medieval Maps: Armenia, Georgia and Azerbaijan (2007), and The Invention of History: symbols, and therefore targets, for territorial claims – a process Azerbaijan, Armenia, and the Showcasing of exemplified by the Republic of Azerbaijan’s state-sponsored invention Imaginations (2009/2010), which documents the culture and history of Nagorno-Karabakh through the centuries. of its own national identity. As the only former Soviet republic not to SUS For his services to Armenian historical cartography, Rouben was awarded in 2008 an Honorary Doctorate be established on an established ethnic group, ever since its creation by the National Academy of Sciences of Armenia. In in 1918 Azerbaijan has used strategies adapted from the USSR and 2009 he was the recipient of Armenia’s Vazgen I Cultural Achievements Medal. He is married and shares his time Pan-Turkism movement to create a national mythos at odds with the between London and Yerevan. historical and geographical reality. This new study examines the motives and methodology employed by Azerbaijani historians and geographers over the past century in Rouben Galichian officially recreating the history, boundaries and even ethnicity of this historically volatile region. Particular focus is given to Azerbaijan’s campaign for the geohistorical appropriation of neighbouring Armenia and Iranian Azerbaijan, a selective campaign that ignores Georgia and Russia’s North Caucasus. The evidence of the ancient and later cartographers as well as the Graeco-Roman historians and the accounts of Islamic and European travellers confirm the international position that runs counter to Azerbaijan’s claims. Clash of Histories in the South Caucasus Redrawing the map of Azerbaijan, Cover images: XXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXX XXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXX ISBN 1-898948-75-5 BENNETT & BLOOM Armenia and Iran Design by DesertnHearts www.bennettandbloom.com Bennett & Bloom www.bennettandbloom.com BB 9 781898 948759 ROUBEN GALICHIAN BB £29.99 in tHE CL Rouben Galichian Other titles by Rouben was born in Tabriz, A Iran, to a family of Galichian: SH immigrant Armenians who fled Van in 1915 SOUTH CAUCA Historic Maps of Armenia to escape the Geno- The Cartographic Heritage cide, arriving in Iran via OF Armenia, Georgia and Countries South of the Caucasus France. After attend- ing school in Tehran, HIST in Medieval Maps Rouben received a Armenia, Georgia and Azerbaijan scholarship to study in the UK and graduated with a degree in Engineering from The Invention of History the University of Aston, Birmingham, in 1963. His books Rewriting history and redrawing boundaries are ancient political include Historic Maps of Armenia: The Cartographic Azerbaijan, Armenia, and the Heritage (2004, plus expanded version in English, strategies for shaping national identity, nation-building and establishing O Showcasing of Imaginations Russian and Armenian, 2005), Countries South of the territorial claims. Ethnicity and cultural heritage are especially powerful RIES Caucasus in Medieval Maps: Armenia, Georgia and Azerbaijan (2007), and The Invention of History: symbols, and therefore targets, for territorial claims – a process Azerbaijan, Armenia, and the Showcasing of exemplified by the Republic of Azerbaijan’s state-sponsored invention Imaginations (2009/2010), which documents the culture and history of Nagorno-Karabakh through the centuries. of its own national identity. As the only former Soviet republic not to SUS For his services to Armenian historical cartography, Rouben was awarded in 2008 an Honorary Doctorate be established on an established ethnic group, ever since its creation by the National Academy of Sciences of Armenia. In in 1918 Azerbaijan has used strategies adapted from the USSR and 2009 he was the recipient of Armenia’s Vazgen I Cultural Achievements Medal. He is married and shares his time Pan-Turkism movement to create a national mythos at odds with the between London and Yerevan. historical and geographical reality. This new study examines the motives and methodology employed by Azerbaijani historians and geographers over the past century in Rouben Galichian officially recreating the history, boundaries and even ethnicity of this historically volatile region. Particular focus is given to Azerbaijan’s campaign for the geohistorical appropriation of neighbouring Armenia and Iranian Azerbaijan, a selective campaign that ignores Georgia and Russia’s North Caucasus. The evidence of the ancient and later cartographers as well as the Graeco-Roman historians and the accounts of Islamic and European travellers confirm the international position that runs counter to Azerbaijan’s claims. Clash of Histories in the South Caucasus Redrawing the map of Azerbaijan, Cover images: XXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXX XXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXX ISBN 1-898948-75-5 BENNETT & BLOOM Armenia and Iran Design by DesertnHearts www.bennettandbloom.com Bennett & Bloom www.bennettandbloom.com BB 9 781898 948759 ROUBEN GALICHIAN BB £29.99 C l ash of Histories in the South Caucas u s Other titles by Rouben Galichian: Historic Maps of Armenia: The Cartographic Heritage Countries South of the Caucasus in Medieval Maps: Armenia, Georgia and Azerbaijan The Invention of History: Azerbaijan, Armenia, and the Showcasing of Imaginations Other titles from Bennett & Bloom/Desert Hearts: The Armenians: People, Culture and History (forthcoming) The History of the Armenians and Moses Khorenatsi by Gabriel Soultanian The Pre-History of the Armenians, Volume 1 by Gabriel Soultanian The Pre-History of the Armenians, Volume 2: The Proto-Armenian Hieroglyphic Inscriptions of Aram by Gabriel Soultanian The Pre-History of the Armenians, Volume 3: The Anatolian Hieroglyphic Inscriptions of the Proto-Armenians by Gabriel Soultanian The History of Bishop Sebeos: Redefining a Seventh-Century Voice from Armenia by Gabriel Soultanian The Mediterranean Legacy in Early Celtic Christianity: A Journey from Armenia to Ireland by Jacob G. Ghazarian Tattooed Mountain Women and Spoon Boxes of Daghestan: Magic Medicine Symbols in Silk, Stone, Wood and Flesh by Robert Chenciner, Gabib Ismailov & Magomedkhan Magomedkhanov In the Shadow of Aliyev: Travels in Azerbaijan by Jason Thomson The Azerbaijanis: People, Culture and History edited by Nicholas Awde & Fred James Hill Georgia: A Short History (forthcoming) edited by Nicholas Awde & Fred James Hill The Georgians: People, Culture and History (forthcoming) edited by Nicholas Awde Rustaveli’s The Man in the Panther Skin and European Literature by Elguja Khintibidze Witness through Troubled Times: A History of the Orthodox Church of Georgia, 1811 to the Present edited by Tamara Grdzelidze, Martin George & Lukas Vischer Georgians in the Holy Land (Iberica Caucasica Volume P; forthcoming) edited by Tamila Mgaloblishvili Maximus the Confessor and Georgia (Iberica Caucasica Volume Q) edited by Tamila Mgaloblishvili The Roses of Jericho: Diary of a Journey through the Holy Land and Syria, 5 July-28 September (Iberica Caucasica Volume R; forthcoming) by Grigol Peradze The Wellspring of Georgian Historiography translated/edited by Constantine B. Lerner Circassian Culture and Folklore by Amjad Jaimoukha Women in Islam: An Anthology from the Qur’an and Hadiths translated and edited by Nicholas Awde Racism in Russia (forthcoming) The Tattooing Arts of Tribal Women by Lars Krutak Carved and Coloured Village Art from Tsarist Lands by Robert Chenciner & John Corn a l l Afghanistan: The Taliban Years by S. Iftikhar Murshed From the Laws of Rulers to the Rule of Law: Inquiries into the Crossbreeds of Civilizations by Erik Cornell C l ash of Histories in the South Caucas u s Redrawing the map of Azerbaijan, Armenia and Iran ROUBEN GALICHIAN BENNETT & BLOOM First published in 2012 by BENNETT & BLOOM www.bennettandbloom.com www.deserthearts.com PO Box 2131 London W1A 5SU England © Rouben Galichian 2012 Typeset and designed by Desert♥Hearts ISBN 9 7 8 - 1 - 9 0 8 7 5 5 - 0 1 - 8 The right of Rouben Galichian to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted by him in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. All right reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form, or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise) without the prior written permission of the publisher. Any person who does any unauthorized act in relation to
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