People in the SW-Asia Model - N
Nabavi,
Behzad
Najafabadi, Qorbanali
Dorri
Najam, Mohammed
Western part of Azerbaijan. Also
spelled Naxcivan.
This is an autonomous republic of
Azerbaijan that is separated from the main body
of Azerbaijan by Armenia. Besides Armenia it is
bordered by the Islamic Republic of Iran and
Turkey.
It has a population of about
310,000 and a land mass of 2,124 square miles.
Julfa
is in Nakhichevan.
This wonderfully atmospheric
semi-desert region is separated from the main
portion of Azerbaijan by Armenia. Facilities are
very basic and heating fuel is hard to find in
the winter, but the arid mountains bordering
Armenia and Iran are magnificent. As an
autonomous republic within Azerbaijan, Naxcivan.
has its own parliament (President Aliyev is the
former parliamentary speaker) and tourists need
special permission to visit. The main city, also
called Naxcivan., was an ancient trading center.
According to Armenian legend, the city was
founded by Noah.
http://www.usembassybaku.org/post/city.htm (Dead
Link)
There was a significant Armenian
population circa 1600. Many of these Armenians
lived in Julfa
and were force to move to the Safavid capital at
Isfahan where they establihed New Julfa.
Nasonov, Vitaly
Naseri, Sirus
Nasrollah, Seyyed Hassan
Nateq-Nouri, Ali Akbar
Nay, Bob
Nitze, Paul.
Nobakht, Mohammad Baqer
Noorbakhsh, Dr. Mohsen
Oriental Rugs the O'Connell Notes
Copyright Barry O'Connell 2004 - 2008.
Last revised: January 31, 2008.
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