The article deals with the Islamic memorial complexes in the territory of Karabakh. During 30 years of the Armenian occupation, the vast majority of these monuments were severely destroyed. The history of mosques, tombs and epigraphic tombstones here proves that in the medieval ages the Karabakh region was one of the important political and religious centers. Destroying these monuments, the Armenians tried to hide the historical truth about the centuries-old belonging of this territory to the region of Muslim religion and culture.

One of the famous Karabakh authors is Mir Mohsun Nawwab. Nawwab lived in Shusha and opened a printing house there. Unique books had been published in this printing house. Copies of these books are kept at the Institute of Manuscripts named after Mahammad Fuzuli of ANAS. We will provide information about these books and Nawwab`s printing house in this study.

Along with believing in Prophet Muhammad, respect and love for his family are among the values that have played an important role in the formation of the Muslim identity of the Turkic peoples. This understanding, which takes its source from the Holy Quran, is also reflected in the early examples of Turkic-language literature from Kutadgu Bilig to Dede Korkut. As a natural consequence of this notion, along with the Prophet Muhammad, who is presented in the Holy Quran as an examplary figure for muslims, his family members also served to create an ideal Muslim image in the society through various religious texts. In this context, Maqtal al-Husain, one type of the historical-literary works of Muslim peoples, is an important sources that along with the Prophet Muhammad, his family members are presented to the general public as exemplary personalities. In these works, dedicated to the martyrdom of Hussain ibn Ali in Karbala by the army of Kufa during the reign of Umayyad caliph Yazid ibn Mua?iyah (680- 683), along with the hero of the event, his family members are also presented as exemplary personalities who combine high moral characteristics in themselves as justice, courage, bravery, fortitude, loyalty, generosity, contentment, resignation etc. One of these personalities is Fatimah al-Zahra, the only descent of the Prophet Muhammad who continued his lienage. This article investigates Fatimah al-Zahra’s image as a Muslim woman in general, and as a “daughter”, “wife”, and “mother” in particular within the framework of Turkish Maqtal al-Husain.

The subject of the article is worship and religious holidays, which reflect the beliefs of the Russian Orthodox Church. It examines daily, weekly, annual worship, the main Orthodox holidays as Easter and 12 religious holidays and various rituals. The author concludes that the beliefs, worship and rites of the Russian Orthodox Church are the same as those of the Greeks.

Theological (confessional) interpretations seek to understand religion “from the inside”, based on the relevant religious experience. During the formation of religious studies as a branch of knowledge, two approaches to the definition of religion were discovered: from the point of view of extreme supranaturalism and from the position of the historical school in theology. The essence of religion is the accumulation of transcendental signals.

The subject of the article is worship and religious holidays, which reflect the beliefs of the Russian Orthodox Church. It examines daily, weekly, annual worship, the main Orthodox holidays as Easter and 12 religious holidays and various rituals. The author concludes that the beliefs, worship and rites of the Russian Orthodox Church are the same as those of the Greeks.

The Creator created man in the most beautiful image. Morality as a creation of the Almighty is order, discipline and organization. Islamic moral values, which motivate a person to strive to be better than before, to think and purify themselves, shed light on the highest truth. By helping others, a person satisfies his spiritual needs, such as expressing compassion to his neighbor, and changing for the better, as well as arriving at Creator’s destination. Gratuitous aid to humanity is a form of social service. A person who is a social being, turning to the hearts of his neighbors, can achieve the contentment of the Creator - fighting his own shortcomings, constantly supplementing his spiritual world, awakening in others a sense of compassion and empathy.

Guba is rich in historical monuments, archaeological and architectural objects, ethnographic materials, buildings, monuments and objects related to historical events and personalities. Mosques and shrines, which are religious monuments, represent values associated with the religious beliefs of people. There are many mosques, religious buildings and shrines in Guba, some of which have been destroyed and some of which have been restored. In this article, we will talk about the four preserved mosques in Guba. The article covers the history of construction of mosques, how they have been used over the years, restoration and conservation. Along with books, newspapers and magazines, we used the information provided by Haji Naib Sattarov, an authorized representative of the Caucasian Muslims Office in the northern region of Azerbaijan.

To study the ethno-cultural processes in the Paleometal Period the most important sources are archaeological and anthropological materials. It has been proved that burial sites contain both cultural and anthropological information flow. In an article ethno-cultural processes are studied based on the materials of the Seidli mound that belongs to the Late Chalcolithic period. During the study of this mound, data were obtained on the origin of the burial rite under the mound, the migration of the tribes of the Middle East to Azerbaijan, and then from Azerbaijan to the North Caucasus.

Religious affiliation is one of the essential basic elements of the national mentality of every nation. Since the separation from mythology, the religious world outlook has had a noticeable influence on the formation of national thinking. The article deals with one of the main problems of national philosophy, i.e. humanenvironment relationship. The study pays special attention to the role of Islamic concepts about the relationship between man and the outside world, about a person’s place in this world, about the meaning of human life. Our holy book the Quran is rich in wise thoughts that have conceptual meanings about the origin of the universe and man, nature, and society. The moral principles of Islamic ethics perform regulatory functions in the relationship of man with nature and society. Outstanding ashugs regularly turned to the Quranic verses to enhance the depth of thoughts in their poems. Purpose: The search for the origins of the relationship between man and the world around him in folk poetry, the study of the theoretical and applied significance of religious worldviews among these sources has an important scientific and philosophical significance. Methodology: The methodological basis of the research is the religious world outlook and methods of dialectics. The basic knowledge of our ashugs is formed on the basis of religious world outlooks. Because of this, religious knowledge makes it possible to determine the scientific and philosophical significance of the relationship between man and reality. The laws of dialectics are used as criteria for assessing the scientific significance in religious world outlooks. Scientific novelty: The relationship between man and reality in Folk poetry is studied from the position of a religious world outlook.kl

During the construction of the SCPX pipeline prior to the construction works and in the course of these works, archaeological field studies were conducted in the pipeline corridor. Garkhun settlement located in the territory of Yukhari Garkhun village of the Yevlakh region, on 194.150 km of the SCPX pipeline route. The site is on right of the Baku-Tbilisi main road, approximately 400-450 m north of the road. The territory is located within crop areas. Archaeological excavations on the site were conducted in August, 2015. No cultural layers were observed during excavation works. Although the site 120 metres long and 4 metres wide, was excavated to a depth of 1 metre, nothing was found to prove the signs of cultural layer. The shape and content of ceramic samples allow these findings to be attributed to the Middle Ages (9-10th centuries.). Garkhun settlement and the artefacts found there are also important in the study of material culture of the region of the Middle Ages. Samples of pottery scattered over the Garkhun site, cover almost half a hectare. The topography, as well as the nature of ground materials, give reason to believe that centre of the settlement is located to the north of the pipeline corridor. Garhun belongs to the group of settlements of this period on the pipeline corridor (Samedabad, Fakhrali, Dashbulag and Kerpijlitepe). The material from Garhun is similar to the material on these sites.

The article considers the role of European values in shaping the ideology of enlightenment on the basis of philosophical views of Mirza Fatali Akhundzadeh and Sheikh Jamaladdin Afgani. The overwhelming majority of thinkers adopted Islamic values as the basis of the national value system. Enlighteners were primarily interested in religion and beliefs in light of public morality. In their opinion, it is the unity of religion and language that determines the integrity of society, protects it from harmful interference and preserves national identity. M.F.Akhundzadeh believed that we should learn from Europe freedom of thought as an experience of ideas. It is also possible due to the development of science and philosophy. People are enslaved by false religious ideas. The thinker considered a living example of freedom of thought and speech at a high level in his polemics. His views on a free press and criticism coincide.

The article reflects various philosophical advices in Haji Molla Mohammad Nakhchivani’s work “Kashkulun-nur” and identifies other themes of the book. Thus, it is an undeniable fact that the works of some well-known classical poets and writers of the Middle Ages contain various valuable information under this name. From this point of view, our work reveals these factors once again. In the work, the author not only gave a philological analysis of the topic, but also evaluated various philosophical aspects. During the analysis, it became clear that the author’s work “Kashkulun-nur” has not been studied and is not involved in scientific research. We believe that the study of this work, which is one of the five valuable books of Haji Molla Mohammad Nakhchivani, will be of great interest to our modern society, and in this regard, its research, analysis and scientific research is very important.

The Udins are one of the 26 tribes represented in the Albanian Tribal Union that existed in ancient Azerbaijan, Caucasian Albania. During the period of Caucasian Albania (IV-VIII BC) in Azerbaijan, many Albanian tribes, such as Gargar, Hun, Uti, Kaspi, Gel, Er, Kat, united into the Albanian tribal union. The Udins, one of the ancient and Albanian origin tribes of the Caucasus, the last descendants of the Christian Albanians, lived on their historical lands until the 19th century. They were able to preserve Albanian Christian traditions, language, ethnic identity, material and spiritual culture, as well as the Albanian Apostolic Autocephalous Church. The article analyzes the history of the Udins, the area of distribution of one of the ancient ethnic groups of Azerbaijan and the ethno-confessional situation as a result of the national colonial policy pursued by the Russian Empire in the Caucasus in the 19th century, the process of destruction of the ethnic identity of the Udi people after the abolition of the Albanian Church in 1836

The Abu Muslim Mosque is one of the oldest sacred places in the ethnically and religiously diverse Guba region that testifies to the commitment to the Religion of Islam. Abu Muslim mosques are not only the oldest mosques in Guba, but also one of the oldest mosques in the territory of the Republic of Azerbaijan. At present, there are mosques named after Abu Muslim in three villages of Guba region - Jek, Gryz and Khinalig. Their construction dates back to the first half of the VIII century, the years of the reign of the most famous of the Abu Muslims in the Islamic world, or a little later. In this article, you will learn about the identity of Abu Muslim, as well as information on the mosques of the same name in the villages of Jek, Gryz and Khinalig.