Ishag Jafarzadeh Explained

Ishag Mammadrza oglu Jafarzadeh (Azerbaijani: İshaq Məmmədrza oğlu Cəfərzadə; August 14, 1895 in Ganja – January 5, 1982 in Baku) was one of the pioneers of Azerbaijan archaeology and ethnography. He excavated over seventy artifacts on Azerbaijan's territory and studied the Gobustan rock paintings.^[1] In 1948, during the Gobustan expedition, he discovered the Latin rock inscription near mountain Boyukdash, 70 km from Baku, which is the easternmost Roman evidence to be known.^[2]

Works

• "Azərbaycanın qədim tarixi" ("Ancient History of Azerbaijan"), Azərb. SSR EA Tarix və Fəlsəfə İnstitutunun əsərləri, c. 1, B., 1961
• Историко-археологический очерк очерк старой Ганджи (Родина Низами) (Historico-Archaeological Sketch on Old Ganja), Б., 1949
• Гобустан. Наскальные изображения (Gobustan. The Rock Paintings), Б., 1973

Notes and References

1. Azerbaijan Soviet Encyclopedia (1987), vol. 10, pp. 430-431
2. Web site: Qobustan - Petroglyphs and Mud Volcanoes > Qobustan National Reserve . 2009-09-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090211010905/http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/12212/Qobustan-Petroglyphs-and-Mud-Volcanoes-Qobustan-105 . 2009-02-11 . dead .