Place of Birth:	Shikhli village, Kazakh district, Azerbaijan Republic
	Date of Birth:	20.01.1928
	Education:	Historian, Azerbaijan State University
	Scientific degree:	Doctor of Historical Sciences.
	Title:	Professor
	Speciality code and title for doctoral dissertation:	07.00.07 - Ethnography
	Date of Election as a correspondent member and speciality:	1989, Ethnography
	Date of Election as Academician of the National Academy of Sciences:	2001, History
	Total number of scientific publications:	553, 21 monographs
	Number of scientific publications printed abroad :	7
	Main scientific achievements:	The history of development of agriculture and cattle-breeding in Azerbaijan; the history of development of musical culture; the development of archeology in Azerbaijan; the research on the ancient history of Azerbaijan.
	Prepared:
	Candidates of Sciences:	26
	Doctors of Sciences:	2
	Titles of main five scientific publications:	The essays on Azerbaijan archaeology. Baku, 1960. The history of cattle-breeding in Azerbaijan. Baku, 1969. To the history of agriculture development in Azerbaijan. Baku, 1964. The proud rocks, unassailable fortresses. Baku, 1986. The voices of the past centuries. Baku, 1993.
	Educational activity:	For 38 years.
	Position:	Head of Department, Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography
	Place of work and its address:	Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography of ANAS, 31, H. Javid av., Baku- 370143, Azerbaijan Republic.
	Office phone:	(994 12) 5391507
	Home phone:	(994 12) 4987509
	Mobile phone:	(994 50) 3614165