In December 2023, it is the 100th anniversary of the birth of Ziya Musa oglu Bunyadov, full member of the Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences, outstanding historian and orientalist scientist, well-known public figure, doctor of historical sciences, professor, laureate of the State Prize, Honored Scientist, Hero of the Soviet Union. 

Academician Ziya Bunyadov had a rich path of scientific creativity, and he devoted a lot of work to the promotion of oriental studies and historical sciences to a new stage in our republic, and to the organization of science in general. A scholar with wide erudition formed a scientific school consisting of specialists with professional training in source studies and the medieval period. In Ziya Bunyadov's fundamental studies, the social-political, socio-economic and cultural life of the medieval Muslim Eastern states was fully reflected on the basis of deep analysis. The many rare sources that he brought to the scientific community for the first time and translated into our language perfectly and published with comprehensive introductions and comments are among the most reliable sources that are constantly referred to today. Ziya Bunyadov has consistently and decisively fought against the attempts to falsify the history of the Azerbaijani people, and was always elected with the position of a patriotic intellectual in relation to the fateful national issues.         

Guided by paragraph 32 of Article 109 of the Constitution of the Republic of Azerbaijan, to ensure the celebration of the 100th anniversary of Academician Ziya Bunyadov, who made valuable contributions to the development of history in our country I decide:

1. The Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences should prepare and implement a plan of events related to the 100th anniversary of Academician Ziya Bunyadov.
2. The Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Azerbaijan should resolve the issues arising from this Order.

İlham Aliyev

The President of the Republic of Azerbaijan

Baku, September 28, 2023

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