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Whole Azerbaijan ( Azerbaijani : Butov Az?rbaycan ) is an irredentist concept of uniting presumed historically Azerbaijani -inhabited territories into the Republic of Azerbaijan .

History [ edit ]

The idea of "Whole Azerbaijan" was formulated by Piruz Dilanchi in 1991 ^[2] and defined in 1992 by Azerbaijani president Abulfaz Elchibey (s. 1992-93). In 1991, Dilanchi founded the SANLM nationalist organization and in 1997 Elchibey founded the "Whole Azerbaijan Union" (Butov Az?rbaycan Birliyi) organization. ^{[3] [4]} Elchibey published his book on the idea, Butov Az?rbaycan yolunda , in Turkey in 1998. It claimed that the borders of Azerbaijan should extend from Derbent to the Persian Gulf . ^{[5] [ dubious – discuss ]} Elchibey claimed that this was a territory of Azerbaijani historical ethnic presence. ^{[6] [ verification needed ]} He proposed that Azerbaijan had right to rule it, under a proposed system of governance called "United Azerbaijani Lands" (Birl??mi? Az?rbaycan Yurdları). ^[5] After his death in 2002, it was published postmortem. He opposed the idea of a separate and independent South Azerbaijan . ^{[7] [ dubious – discuss ] [ verification needed ]} Azerbaijani historiography portrays the early to mid 1800s as the "ideal" and "normative" situation with Azeri sovereignty over Karabakh and Southern Azerbaijan (Iran), despite that a "united Azerbaijan" was never, in fact, independent but always part of the Persian empires. ^[8]

The concept of Whole Azerbaijan has been Azerbaijani state policy since the September 2022 Armenia?Azerbaijan clashes . ^[9]

Political initiatives [ edit ]

The term Whole Azerbaijan continued in political initiatives including the SANLM (CAMAH) ^[10] and Whole Azerbaijan Popular Front Party. ^{[ citation needed ]}

Boundaries [ edit ]

Although the boundaries of Whole Azerbaijan are not strictly defined, some proponents portray them as encompassing the following areas: ^{[11] [12] [13] [14]}

• South Azerbaijan ( C?nubi Az?rbaycan ) - provinces of East Azerbaijan , West Azerbaijan , Ardabil and Zanjan
• Western Azerbaijan ( Q?rbi Az?rbaycan ) - all ^{[15] [16] [17] [18] [19]} of the territory of Armenia
• Derbent ( D?rb?nd ) - Derbentsky district , Republic of Dagestan
• Borchali ( Borcalı ) - part of the Kvemo Kartli province of Georgia

See also [ edit ]

• Azerbaijan?Iran border
• Azerbaijani nationalism
  • Southern Azerbaijan National Awakening Movement
• Zangezur Corridor
• Western Azerbaijan (political concept)

References [ edit ]

Sources [ edit ]

• Astourian, Stephan H. (2023). "Origins, Main Themes and Underlying Psychological Disposition of Azerbaijani Nationalism". In Dorfmann-Lazarev, Igor; Khatchadourian, Haroutioun (eds.). Monuments and Identities in the Caucasus Karabagh, Nakhichevan and Azerbaijan in Contemporary Geopolitical Conflict . Brill. pp. 206?236. ISBN   978-90-04-67738-8 .

External links [ edit ]

• "Diaspora agrees to reintegrate Iranian Azerbaijan in Republic of Azerbaijan" . abc.az . August 30, 2012. Archived from the original on February 5, 2016.