Bugünki Yerevan'da kurulan Türk Revan hanlýðýnýn Osmanlý Devleti arþivlerine dayanarak portresinin ortaya konmaya çalýþýlmýþtýr.Bu çalýþmamýzda Bournoutson'un çalýþmalarýndan farklý olarak Kurulan hanlýðýn ekser çoðunluðunu Türklerin oluþturduðunu ve bölgeye Ruslarýn etraftan Ermenileri toplanarak toplama bir topluluk oluþturularak tanpon bir devlet oluþturmaya çalýþýldýðý ortaya konmuþtur. Çalýþmamýz yayýnlanmak üzeredir.

A very usefull study on that period of the history of Armenia and Iran both. It is written in a scholarly manner and gives a very good overview of the situation in border regions of Iran and Russia at the time.

Very objective and precise. For those who like to study the region, the "History of Qarabakh", or the translation of Mirza Jamal's Tarike Qarabakhi is another great product of Bournotian's work.

The book presents several Armenian myths as a reality. Shortly after Armenians migrated to Transcaucasia from Middle East (during the Ottoman Empire and Russian rules), the entire nation of Armenians became a victim of so-called "historians". They invented several myths, such as "the most ancient nation", "the first Christian nation", and "Great Armenia, from sea to sea". All those myths were intended to create in hearts of ordinary Armenian men and women a hatred towards their neighbors, on whose lands they settled, and encourage ethnic wars and massacres of non-Armenian population. Their goal was to "clear the land from Turks, Kurds, Jews and others", and create an "ethnically cleans state". However, they needed some "historical facts", in order to justify their crimes. And this book - is one of those myths, presented as a "historical facts".

The authors can get credit, however, for creativity in using a name of "Azerbaijani historian", to backup their writings. Of course, the poor "Azerbaijani historian" had no idea that his name would be used centuries later to sign somebody's hateful fantasies.

The book present a classic tool of Armenian propaganda. The facts are distorted, the true writings of Mirza Jamal Javanshir have been changed by the "translator" Bournoutian to fit his version of Karabakh's history. This ancient Azerbaijani land, the home of the greatest Azerbaijani writers, poets, musicians and statesmen, where ancient Albanians (ancestors of Azerbaijanis) first accepted Christianity, has been portrayed as a "part of Great Armenia". To make his "annotations" credible, the "translator" uses the name of Azerbaijani historian, in order to further mislead the readers. The author/ "translator"...END

For a long time I wanted to get a view on Karabakh from a perspective of an Azeri historian. I would like to note that unlike many now day's historians, Mirza Jamal did not pursue political ends in exploring the history of the region. His was simply writing history for the sake of history not political implications. This made him unbiased towards Armenians and Aeries.

I highly recommend this book especially if you would like to get an unbiased glance of Azeri historian on region of Karabakh.