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IN SEARCH OF A GLOBAL SOUL: AZERBAIJAN AND THE CHALLENGE OF MULTIPLE IDENTITIES Alireza Asgharzadeh* This article focuses on emerging Azerbaijani identity and its competing versions in the Republic of Azerbaijan, Iran, and in the diaspora. The Republic of Azerbaijan has over eight million people compared with more than 20 million Azeris in Iran. The two groups have ethnic, linguistic, and historical ties but also different experiences, giving them both a common identity contradicted by other factors. In her valuable book entitled Borders and HISTORICAL OVERVIEW Brethren: Iran and the Challenge of Azerbaijani Identity, Brenda Shaffer astutely As a geographic region, Azerbaijan extends observes that: from northwestern Iran to the Caspian Sea in the east, with Kurdistan, Armenia, and Turkey Until the early 1990s, most to the west, and Georgia and Russia to the Azerbaijanis in Iran referred to north. This strategic positioning reveals themselves as Turks. Some researchers Azerbaijan’s geopolitical significance as a and Azerbaijanis themselves refer to gateway to Russia and Turkey and, through this group as the Azerbaijani Turks…. them, to the West. Azerbaijan is divided into The term most commonly employed by two parts: Northern Azerbaijan, which became the Azerbaijanis today, and which is an independent country after the disintegration considered most neutral… is of the Soviet Union in 1991, and southern “Azerbaijani.”1 Azerbaijan, which is part of Iran. The two parts have been divided since the early Since Shaffer’s observation, the debate nineteenth century, with the Araz River as around finding a uniform their border. In addition to the Azeri-Turks, ethnic/linguistic/national identity for the who constitute over 80 percent of the people of Azerbaijan2 has intensified. inhabitants of Azerbaijan on both sides of the Azerbaijanis are now using identity categories river, there are ethnic and religious minorities as diverse as Azeri, Azeri-Turk, Turk, Iranian- such as Kurds, Armenians, Lezgis, Taleshis, Turk, Azerbaijani-Turk, South-Azerbaijani- Jews, Christians, and Baha’is living in Turk, and North-Azerbaijani-Turk. This rich Azerbaijan. choice shows how confusing the situation has The language of the majority of become. Consensus is nowhere in sight Azerbaijanis is “Azeri” (variously known as regarding a uniform Azeri identity. Azeri-Turkic, Turki, and Azerbaijani), and the Azerbaijanis identify themselves based on religion of the majority is Shi’a Islam. Of the their experiences within specific overall Azeri population, 20 to 30 million are environments, without being able to connect believed to be living in southern Azerbaijan these various contexts with a more and the rest of Iran,, eight million in the comprehensive general term. Republic of Azerbaijan, close to two million in Turkey, and about two million in Russia, with the rest mainly in Georgia, Iraq, and Ukraine. Middle East Review of International Affairs, Vol. 11, No. 4 (December 2007) 7 In Search of a Global Soul Their status in Turkey is interesting and first, the Medes, who were mainly little explored. Similar to the situation in Iran, concentrated in southern Azerbaijan; second, questions around ethnic and national identity the Aran-Albanese, who were living in the in Turkey are highly political and difficult north; and third, the Turks, who have been issues. The history of the Azeri population in living in various parts of Azerbaijan from today’s Turkey can be traced back to the ancient times and whose number constantly earlier periods of the Safavid era in Iran increased due to the migration of Turkic tribes (1501-1722), when their rule extended over from central Asia, particularly after the the current Turkish regions of Kars and Islamization of the region.4 neighboring areas. Additionally, in the course Two thousand five hundred and sixty-six of the Gulistan (1813) and Turkmenchay years ago, Azerbaijan was conquered by the (1828) treaties between Iran and Russia, a Persian emperor Cyrus the Great. Two significant number of Azeris migrated to hundred and twenty-nine years later, Turkey and settled in its eastern regions, Alexander the Great defeated the Persians and particularly in Erzurum and Agri. The conquered Azerbaijan. Three centuries after migration of Azeris to Turkey continued that, it was occupied by the Roman Empire. during the 1920s (as a result of the overthrow Azerbaijan was thereafter ruled by the Roman of the Democratic Republic of Azerbaijan in Empire, the Persian Empire, and the the north and the suppression of the Shaykh Confederation of Caucasian Turks.5 Within Muhammad Khiabani Movement in the the space of 10 years, after the death of south); the late 1940s (after the suppression of Muhammad in the year 632, around 30,000 Mir Ja’far Pishevari’s 21 Azar Movement in Muslim Arabs attacked and conquered Iran, southern Azerbaijan in 1946); the 1980s (as a overthrowing the decaying Sassanid Empire. result of the Islamic Revolution in Iran and the Azerbaijan became a part of the new Muslim subsequent Iran-Iraq War); as well as in the empire, though resistance against the Arab 1990s, after the disintegration of the Soviet invasion in northern and central Azerbaijan Union and the independence of northern continued throughout the ninth century. Azerbaijan. In general, the Azeri population in In 837, the Arabs conquered the Castle of Turkey is considered well-integrated into Babak, a stronghold for a powerful resistance Turkish society, mainly due to cultural and movement in central Azerbaijan and linguistic affinities between the Azeri and established their dominion all over Anatolian Turks. Nevertheless, differences Azerbaijan.6 The region was Islamized. still remain in the areas of religion (Azeris are Towards the end of the seventh century, a mainly Shi’a, whereas Anatolian Turks are local dynasty known as Shirvanshahs ruled mostly Sunni Muslims), dialect, and self- northern Azerbaijan from 668 through 1539, conception in terms of historical memory and when they were incorporated into the Safavid ethnic/national consciousness. Empire, once more becoming unified with the In The Ancient History of Iranian Turks, south.7 Through this reunification, Azerbaijan Professor M.T. Zehtabi traced the origin of again had economic, cultural, and linguistic current Azeris to ancient Sumerian and Ilamite autonomy as an integrated whole well into the civilizations, dating back over 5,000 years. early nineteenth century. Through archeological and linguistic evidence, In the early nineteenth century, Iran (and Zehtabi has shown that today’s Azeris are the region of Azerbaijan in particular) was remnants of such racial and ethnic components twice invaded by Russia. As a result, the vast as the ancient Ilamites, Medes, and other territory of northern Azerbaijan, or what is agglutinative language peoples such as the now the independent Republic of Azerbaijan, Kassies, Gutties, Lullubies, and Hurraies.3 was annexed to the Russian Empire by way of According to other sources, three different the Gulistan (1813) and Turkmenchay (1828) ethnic components have participated in the treaties. This annexation by no means crushed formation and evolution of the Azeri people: the aspirations of Azeris for independence and 8 Middle East Review of International Affairs, Vol. 11, No. 4 (December 2007) Alireza Asgharzadeh autonomous nationhood. In the chaotic bases, the new regime suppressed the demands revolutionary atmosphere of 1917 that resulted of various nationalities for cultural and in the Russian Empire’s collapse, Azerbaijanis linguistic rights. Identifying the Persian proclaimed their independence on March 28, language as “the second language of Islam,” 1918. As early as mid-1918, the Azerbaijani the new regime vigorously continued to republic passed a law that provided for enforce the ban imposed on non-Persian democracy through free and direct elections, languages during the Pahlavi era, proportional representation, and universal notwithstanding that its own constitution suffrage, making Azerbaijan the first country allowed for the teaching and learning of non- in the history of Islamic nations ever to Farsi languages. enfranchise women. Teaching and learning the In August 1991, after the disintegration of mother tongue in the school system became the Soviet Union, the formation of an mandatory, and Azeri became Azerbaijan's independent Azerbaijani nation-state was national language. In April 1920, the Red declared north of the Iranian borders. Army occupied Azerbaijan and overthrew the Realizing the importance of such an event to democratically elected Azeri government, the southern Azeris, the Iranian regime putting an end to this brief experience in pursued a hostile relationship with the independent nationhood. Republic of Azerbaijan, seeking to undermine The annexation of northern Azerbaijan by its credibility, image, and achievements at Russia notwithstanding, the southern region of every opportunity--particularly through state- Azerbaijan still continued to enjoy a relatively run media outlets.10 autonomous status, particularly in trade and commerce as well as in culture and language. LANGUAGE, LITERATURE, AND However, with the coming to power in 1921 of IDENTITY Reza Khan and the subsequent establishment of the absolute monarchism of the Pahlavi In present-day Iran, in addition to the three dynasty in Iran, southern Azerbaijan’s Azeri provinces of Ardabil and Eastern and regional, economic, linguistic, and cultural Western Azerbaijan, Azeri-Turkic is also
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