ORBELI'S MYSTERY UNEARTHED - Azerbaijan has found a mine planted under the system of Armenian falsifications
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ORBELI'S MYSTERY UNEARTHED
Azerbaijan
has found a mine planted under the system of Armenian falsifications
When
a department head at the Azerbaijani Presidential Administration, Fuad Axundov,
said that he had found in the archives of St. Petersburg the book
"Inscriptions and Gandzasar and Havotsptuk" by the Russian Soviet
historian I. Orbeli, it caused great repercussions in the historical circles of
our region. After all, it was a book, the entire edition of which was believed
to have been destroyed in 1919, and the author of this work later stopped
dealing with this subject and became a prominent scientist in a completely
different field.
But a real sensation
was caused by the preliminary result of the study of this work made public by
Axundov himself at the international conference "Historical and Cultural
Heritage of Ethnic Groups of Caucasian Albania in the Context of Human
Rights" held on 10 June this year in Baku. It turned out that Orbeli's
book was another mine planted in the early 20th century under the centuries-old
system of Armenian falsifications of history. Another reason for the
disappointment of falsifiers who misled their own people was the exposure of
two anti-Azerbaijani films presented recently in Yerevan.
We asked the author of
these revelations, a department head at the Azerbaijani Presidential
Admini-stration, Fuad AXUNDOV, to tell us about details of what is happening.
- In your report, you said that the mystery of
Orbeli's book has unravelled. So what is this mystery?
- The matter is that
at the beginning of the 20th century Russian Soviet scientist I. Orbeli
unwittingly caught the Armenian Church red-handed in his studies. He indicated
that the translation of inscriptions on the monument of the Albanian
civilization - the Gandzasar [Qandzasar] monastery complex, situated on the
territory of Azerbaijan occupied by Armenia, was done incorrectly and
falsification had taken place. That is why his book "Inscriptions of
Gandzasar and Havotsptuk" never saw the light, and the circulation
released in 1919 was completely destroyed.
Orbeli himself wrote a
letter in 1922, complaining and expressing his incomprehension about the
reasons for the delay in the publication of his book. He notes that it has been
5 years (since 1917) since the book went to press, 7 years (1914-1915) since
the text of the book was composed, and 13 years (since 1909) since he collected
the inscriptions of Gandzasar, but the book never saw the light.
I often read about the
disappearance of the book and set myself a goal to find at least some traces of
it. In 2011, I managed to find a copy of the work in St. Petersburg and deliver
it to Baku.
Initially, the
Armenian side claimed that Orbeli's book did not exist at all, and then, when I
found it, they began to argue that the book typefaces had been washed away by a
flood in Petrograd and therefore, the book was not published. However, we found
out that it was a lie - there were no floods in Petrograd that year, and the
typefaces - letters of the book were not stored where Armenians indicated.
After that, the Armenian side, admitting the existence of the book and even
purchasing it, promised to translate it into Russian and allegedly
"expose" us, but they still have not translated it.
Now, at my request a
group of foreign and Azerbaijani scientists is translating inscriptions of
Gandzasar collected by Orbeli. Based on its results, it is planned to publish
the work of Orbeli and translate the inscriptions.
- It turns out that all copies of Orbeli's book were
destroyed because they shed light on Armenian falsifications?
- The answer to this
question lies in the book itself. We have already explored some of the
inscriptions found by Orbeli in Gandzasar during his expedition there in the
early 20th century. These inscriptions were compared with the photographs of
their current condition, as well as with their translations made by various authors
in 150 years. Masses of falsifications were discovered. In particular, in his
book Orbeli himself indicates the errors and falsifications of previous
translators of inscriptions, who were 19th century clerics S. Jalalyants, H.
Shahkhatunyants and M. Barkhudaryants, who had received a rank from the
Armenian Church and wrote to its order.
Numerous cases were
also identified when old slabs with inscriptions in Gandzasar were replaced by
Armenian falsifiers. In addition, our specialists found and translated Gandzasar
inscriptions made in the Turkic language in the Middle Ages.
And on the main
inscription inside the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist in Gandzasar full
titles of Albanian Catholicoses have been discovered. We are talking about the
title: hayrapetuthetn nersisi aluanits katolikosi (under the patriarchy of
Nerses, the Catholicos of Albanians). The Armenian side prefers not to mention
the patriarchal rank of the Albanian Catholicos. The rank of patriarch of the
head of the Albanian Church showed that the Albanian Church is independent and
ordained by the apostles of Jesus, i.e. it is autocephalous. Thus, the main
inscription of Gandzasar shows that Albanian Catholicoses retained their
patriarchal rank in the Middle Ages.
Besides, according to
Russian archival materials, it was established that the patriarchal rank of the
Albanian Catholicos existed in Karabakh until the beginning of the 19th
century, after which it was abolished and Albanian churches were handed over to
the Armenian Church of Echmiadzin.
We continue our hard
work to study archival materials, correspondence, maps and medieval
manuscripts, according to which one can reveal many more secrets in the history
of Azerbaijan and the Armenification of its rich cultural-historical,
architectural and spiritual heritage. In the near future, we will make
documentaries on the results of these studies.
- It is strange that Orbeli never returned to the
subject of researching inscriptions on temples in Karabakh in Soviet times when
he became an eminent scholar...
- Apparently, some
forces decided to turn the great potential of the young scientist in another
pro-Armenian direction. In fact, in exchange for refusal to return to the study
of inscriptions at Karabakh temples he was promised a meteoric career growth.
In 1924, being a young scientist, he became a corresponding member of the USSR
Academy of Sciences at 37, then an academician of the USSR Academy of Sciences
and an academician of the Armenian SSR Academy of Sciences and its first
president. Later he was appointed director of the St. Petersburg Hermitage.
- At the conference, you also unveiled some fresh
facts about falsifications found in two films recently shot with public support
in Armenia...
- First, I should note
that these anti-Azerbaijani films were presented in Yerevan on 28 May, i.e. the
Independence Day of Azerbaijan. Undoubtedly, they were a kind of reaction from
the Armenian authorities to statements by Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev,
who has repeatedly noted that the current "Armenian state was established
on our territory, on ancient Azerbaijani land, in Iravan [Yerevan], Goyca and
Zangazur".
We are carrying out
research projects to study the history of Azerbaijan as a result of which a
film was made about the historical centre of Yerevan - the Erivan fortress
built by Azerbaijani Safavid rulers 500 years ago and now destroyed by the
Armenian authorities. In response, the Armenian authorities took several steps
to conceal the truth about the Azerbaijani medieval heritage of Yerevan and
Armenia. With state support, they made the two aforementioned films, where the
Armenian side, without changing their traditions, decided to falsify the facts
and prove that Yerevan is older than ancient Rome and was not built as a city
by Azerbaijani rulers.
As evidence that
Yerevan existed as a city before the construction of the Ravan/Iravan fortress,
Armenian falsifiers cite a coin of the 14th-15th centuries minted also by the
Hulaguid ruler Anushirvan, which allegedly says that it was minted in Yerevan!
However, an inspection revealed that this coin mentions not Yerevan but Marivan
located in Iranian Kurdistan, whereas the Armenian falsifiers, talking about
this coin in the film, claim that "Yerevan" is shown as the place of
minting on it.
The film shows a
glimpse of another coin - by the ruler Abu Said, however, the place of minting
shown on it is Royan, a city in Iranian Kurdistan. We have ample evidence that
present-day Yerevan was founded as a city in the early 16th century. This is evidenced
by the book of an Armenian numismatist, which shows the first coins minted by
the Safavids in Ravan (Yerevan) in the 16th century. In addition, the Armenian
media themselves published reports, according to which coins began to be minted
in Yerevan in the 16th century under the Safavids and later under Erivan khans.
It is noted that the mint was located at the Erivan khan's palace, which has
now been completely destroyed. That Erivan got its name and became a fortress
precisely under the Safavids was also written by the prominent Russian and
Soviet historian and orientalist, V. V. Bartold.
- It turns out that in an effort to prove the
belonging of Yerevan to Armenian history propagandists are using medieval
Muslim coins?
- This is not the
first such Armenian falsification of coins and inscriptions. In Soviet times,
in 1971, a scientific journal published an angry letter from the patriarch of
Soviet oriental studies, Academician Piotrovskiy, about how Armenian falsifiers
in the 1950-60s falsified Azerbaijani medieval Ildegizid coins and medieval
epitaphs on Azerbaijani graves in the same way, passing them off as
"ancient Hayasa coins, petroglyphs and hieroglyphs" belonging to the
17th-19th centuries BC! It turned out that so-called Armenian scientists
invented 4,000-year-old "ancient Hayasa Armenian script" by reading
Arabic inscriptions on Azerbaijani coins and graves in modern Armenia the wrong
way round. That is to say not from right to left, as you read Arabic script,
but from left to right!
- Why is Armenia fighting its past this way?
- Well, first, this
past does not belong to Armenian history, but is directly related to
Azerbaijani cultural and historical heritage, which is why the current Armenian
authorities seek to eradicate any mention of Azeris who once made up the
majority of the population in these lands. For example, I offered Armenians
assistance in the reconstruction of the historical centre of Yerevan - the
Erivan fortress, but they flatly refused our old drawings of Erivan and maps
and historical chronicles of the city from Russian and other sources. There are
also paintings by famous European artists Tavernier, Chardin, and Russian
artists F. Rubo and G. Gagarin, which depict the Erivan fortress of the 19th century
in detail. By the way, anyone who wishes to verify the Muslim appearance of the
medieval Erivan fortress can view the picture "The Surrender of the Erivan
Fortress in October 1827", written in 1893 by the painter of battle scenes
F. Rubo, on the website www.erevangala500.com and on the cover of my
multivolume "Fraud Busters".
I was ready to provide
the Armenian side with all historical documents we have to recreate the look of
medieval Iravan. But in response to my question as to why, for example, in Baku
and Tbilisi the historical centre of the city is preserved in its original
form, while in Yerevan it is absent, the Armenian authorities decided to come
up with a new sham - to gather several 19th century buildings in the centre of
Yerevan and pass them off as the historical centre of the city! That is to say
instead of the destroyed medieval Azerbaijani city, European-style
architectural buildings built 100-150 years ago will be passed off as the
historical centre!
It turns out that the
Armenians avoid the truth and refuse to participate in any historical research
aimed at restoring the historical truth. The Armenian side has shown exactly
the same attitude to Turkey's multiple offers to open Turkish archives for
Armenian historians to study the events of 1915-1918, when, according to the
Armenian side, the so-called "Armenian genocide" took place.
As you can see, the
opening of archives is a nightmare for Armenian falsifiers. They are terribly
afraid of the truth and are therefore sensitive to any proposals for joint
research in the field of history.
By the way, this month
the world community marks the 100th anniversary of the First World War, which
radically changed the geopolitical and ethnic map, including of the Caucasus
and Asia Minor. In this regard, numerous archival materials of the period are
opened and disclosed.
In the case of the
so-called "Armenian genocide" in the Ottoman Empire, the Armenian
side avoids any serious study of the topic, because, as a result, the plan of
events to mark its 100th anniversary in 2015 may be disrupted. That's to say
Armenians of the world, including the Armenian authorities, are ready to do
anything to hide the truth from their people and continue to exploit a false
ideological and historical concept that allows them to fool their people and
stay in power.
OPENING OF ARCHIVES IS A NIGHTMARE FOR ARMENIAN
FALSIFIERS
l The Armenian
authorities flatly refused the old drawings of Erivan, maps and historical
chronicles of the city from Russian and other sources, which Fuad Axundov
offered them. Instead, they decided to come up with a new sham - to gather
several 19th century buildings in the centre of Yerevan and pass them off as
the historical centre of the city!
l Armenia has rejected
Turkey's multiple offers to open Turkish archives for Armenian historians to
study the events of 1915-1918, when, according to the Armenian side, the
so-called "Armenian genocide" took place.
FOTO'S
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The cover
of I. Orbeli's book 'The Inscriptions of Gandzasar and Havotsptuk'
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I.Orbeli's
letter of 8 January 1922 in which he laments the years of delay in publishing
the book
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Orbeli
noted in his own hand the falsifications made by the Armenian clerics
Barkhudaryants, Jalalyants and Shahkhatunyants. In Orbeli's
book of the main inscription inside the Qandzasar Cathedral, the words 'under
the patriarchate of Nerses, the Catholicos of the Albanians' are underlined in
red
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| Orbeli noted in his own hand the falsifications made by the Armenian clerics Barkhudaryants, Jalalyants and Shahkhatunyants. |
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| The main inscription of Gandzasar (now in a pitiful condition). |
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| Turkic phrase emphasis added red line: «hatir melikin torn(u)m eçin» (in memory of melik for posterity) |
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Fresh
Armenian falsifications - letters inserted in the inscriptions on the wall of
Gandzasar (marked in red)
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