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The Taghiyev-Behbudov Affair: Conflict Among Caucasian Muslim Elites in the Early XX Century
On May 16, 1911, at about 3:15 in the afternoon, Lutfali bey Behbudov stepped out of a phaeton in the center of Baku and entered the ...
is an independent scholar and translator based in Tbilisi, Georgia. He received an MA in Slavic Lingustics from UCLA, where he also studied Azerbaijani language and history.
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On May 16, 1911, at about 3:15 in the afternoon, Lutfali bey Behbudov stepped out of a phaeton in the center of Baku and entered the ...
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