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New investigation launched, by me, on guess who! HyperShark244 (talk) 08:40, 22 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

This is oddly satisfying. HyperShark244 (talk) 08:41, 22 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi HyperShark244. I’ll take a look in a moment. HistoryofIran (talk) 13:03, 22 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Only 39.62.0.0/16 seems somewhat worth reporting, as SheryOfficial is still using this as recent as yesterday [1], as yourself also noticed. Though others seem to be using this range as well. The user account you included doesn't seem to be them, not the same patterns. HistoryofIran (talk) 14:25, 22 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

OK. I didn’t find anything that I would consider an obvious giveaway from Apni_Baat, however I did see some suspicious things, which is why I thought it was a good idea to request for a check on them. Also would you recommend adding 182.191.0.0/16? This is the cluster of IPs behind [2] [3], and recently, [4]. HyperShark244 (talk) 15:13, 22 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Ops, not sure why I never replied to this. Either it was too late or I forgot I guess?? I'm sorry for that. HistoryofIran (talk) 00:48, 31 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

No worries, Shery is now back at 39.62.0.0/16 it seems. HyperShark244 (talk) 10:47, 31 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I see. Something is definitely off here, I'll keep an eye. Thanks for letting me know! HistoryofIran (talk) 13:19, 31 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

HistoryofIran, is there any way to undo this page move: [5]? I tried undoing it twice but the title cannot be changed back to the original one. The page was moved by a sock of SheryOffical. HyperShark244 (talk) 12:58, 1 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi HyperShark244. Through here [6]. HistoryofIran (talk) 13:54, 1 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

What do you think of this? This Ahmed Shafeeq account was used to fight in an edit war which I thankfully put an end to. HyperShark244 (talk) 16:36, 5 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I won't be able to add the account to the investigation page today- it is time to sleep where I live. HyperShark244 (talk) 16:38, 5 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I'll see if I have time to check tomorrow. HistoryofIran (talk) 21:54, 5 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

SPI launched here. HyperShark244 (talk) 03:43, 12 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@HyperShark244 if so, seemingly one more UmayyadVictory ? MŠLQr (talk) 03:52, 12 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

No, I don't think so, he is from the USA. He is just some 15 year old Islamist. I have been to his Twitter page. HyperShark244 (talk) 03:57, 12 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, I completely forgot about that account. Thanks for filing the SPI. HistoryofIran (talk) 17:28, 12 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello. did you change the reign of Mithridates I of Parthia ? many researchers mentioned that it begins from 171 BC (except Assar). I cited one reference. 4980134793H (talk) 06:01, 6 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hazrat Ishaan stuff

Hello, me again. So a while back I did some clean-up on the article Qadiriyya wa Naqshbandiyya, to make it look like a proper Wikipedia article.[7] I also saw something some months ago on Reddit about some dude called Raphael Dakik, a German-Afghan who created a government-in-exile.[8] I spent some time leaning about Dakik, and I have got an idea of who he is. So then I came across this,[9] and decided to help Remote-Control65 out.[10] After looking at Remote-Control65's contributions, I could see that they are somewhat of a WP:SPA, all their contributions are basically like these.[11][12][13][14] However, I think there is more to this guy- they could be a sockpuppet of Sayyid Mir Israfil, who I heard of from the Qadiriyya wa Naqshbandiyya page [15]. I have launched an investigation here. HyperShark244 (talk) 05:33, 9 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi again HyperShark244. Interesting, something definitely seems off. I'll let you know if I find something. HistoryofIran (talk) 12:10, 9 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello again HistoryofIran. I have nominated Sayyid Mir Fazlullah Agha, Sayyid Mahmud Agha, Mirza Nizamuddin and Moinuddin Hadi Naqshband for deletion. Please participate in each of the deletion discussions, as I believe that these articles which lack verification through reliable, independent sources should be deleted as soon as possible. HyperShark244 (talk) 06:30, 24 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Did you participate in the deletion discussions? It would be great if you do, as one of Sayyid Mir Israfil's possible sockpuppets has already had their say on the deletion nomination pages. I launched an investigation, here. HyperShark244 (talk) 10:08, 30 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi again HyperShark 244. Sure thing, I'll take a look at the AFDs before Sunday, best. HistoryofIran (talk) 16:04, 30 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Happy First Edit Day!

Have a very happy first edit anniversary!

From the Birthday Committee, DaniloDaysOfOurLives (talk) 06:05, 11 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

P.S. Sorry for the lateness DaniloDaysOfOurLives (talk) 06:05, 11 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Danilo. Thank you very much, time flies too fast. HistoryofIran (talk) 15:06, 11 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Bahram IV

In the Middle Persian language, the title of the Sassanian monarch was “Shahan shah i Eran ud Aneran”. “Eran” (from which the modern name “Iran” deprives from) means “Iranians” in Middle Persian and “Aneran” means “non-Iranians” in Middle Persian.

Iran (word)
Aneran

So yeah, “King of Kings of Iranians and non-Iranians” is a far better and more accurate translation than “King of Kings of Iran and non-Iran” Ironzombie39 (talk) 22:01, 13 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Please use the talk page of the article since it is related to that. And please be mindful that we follow WP:RS, not our own deductions. HistoryofIran (talk) 22:27, 13 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Mehdi Bamdad moved to draftspace

Thanks for your contributions to Mehdi Bamdad. Unfortunately, I do not think it is ready for publishing at this time because it needs more sources to establish notability and it needs to be expanded. I have converted your article to a draft which you can improve, undisturbed for a while.

Please see more information at Help:Unreviewed new page. When the article is ready for publication, please click on the "Submit for review" button at the top of the page OR move the page back. Est. 2021 (talk · contribs) 02:28, 14 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Your GA nomination of Kamran Mirza Durrani

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Hi Vanamonde93. Thanks for your review. Looks like I was a bit too hasty on this one, my bad. I'll fix it asap. HistoryofIran (talk) 22:15, 19 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Karapapakhs

Hello, I do not agree with the reversal of my contributions to the article Karapapakhs.

The current edit postulates the idea that the Karapapakh speak a language separate from Azerbaijani based on a single source, the Encyclopaedia of Islam from 1978, whereas I provided several sources from revered turcologists, such as Gerhard Doerfer and Lars Johansson; Encycloapedia Iranica, Soviet census of 1926, Ethnologue, and various Soviet and Turkish sources. All of them confirm that Karapapakh is a dialect of Azerbaijani. I am struggling to see how any of these are of lower quality, especially given how newer editions of the same source (Encyclopaedia of Islam) do not make a claim that Karapapakh is supposedly an independent Oghuz language.

Therefore, the example you provided: “changed the source (Akiner 1983) from "Akiner added that even in 1926, barely any Karapapakh could converse in the original Karapapakh language." to "the vast majority of Karapapakhs (99.9%) considered Azerbaijani their mother tongue" is not disruptive, but that which abides by the guidelines, which explicitly call users to be clear. The part I added follows the source almost word-by-word, while the current version manipulates data to put forward a certain claim without any linguistic basis.

You did not provide a reason for reversing my edit with a more detailed description of the flag used by Karapapakhs, either. Khannh (talk) 18:19, 22 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

It is indeed disruptive, as you are altering what the citation in reality says. The Encyclopaedia of Islam is a leading source in this field, so you can't just claim it as "outdated" without considerable proof (and it wasn't the only citation you removed). There are also severe WP:VER issues with your citations, and at least one (Iranica) didn't even seem to support your additions. Also, Soviet/Azerbaijani sources are not WP:RS per [16], being well-known for historical falsification. And the flag is unsourced, so I removed it. Sorry, but I'm not going to discuss this with you further, as you are not even allowed to edit this article per WP:GS/AA. HistoryofIran (talk) 18:34, 22 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

help Me with Foreign Visitors Graffiti at Persepolis

Hello. I'm not very proficient in English. I need help from someone who can expand This Article from the Encyclopaedia Iranica. Would you be so kind as to expand this article? I also need someone who is proficient in Wikidata and can connect it to the corresponding article on the Persian Wikipedia. I also need someone who can utilize galleries from Wikimedia Commons and include all relevant images in this article. Thank you. Hulu2024 (talk) 23:48, 22 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I require the assistance of someone with complete fluency in English to expand this article. Would you be willing to help me? Hulu2024 (talk) 23:51, 22 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Hulu2024. I am honored, but I have to unfortunately decline, as that is a lot of work, and not a topic I am that interested in at the moment. I can see it's already connected to the article in the Persian Wiki. HistoryofIran (talk) 00:54, 23 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Unfortunately, the English article was removed due to a copyright violation. I had used AI to rephrase the sentences. Do you have the opportunity to create a short and concise article for the English version, so that at least I can find someone else to expand the article? Hulu2024 (talk) 21:24, 23 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Sure thing. I'll create a stub English version soon. HistoryofIran (talk) 19:25, 24 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@HistoryofIran Sorry to bother you again. Do you know anyone on the English Wikipedia who is proficient in English, interested in ancient Iran, and willing to create and expand this article? Hulu2024 (talk) 22:11, 30 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi again. I'm not sure. I can devote some time for it soon though (create a stub that is). HistoryofIran (talk) 22:20, 30 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Muhammad in Hinduism

I saw you have removed and redirect the page Muhammad in Hinduism to Bhavishya Purana! I would like to know the exact reason to remove it also this article mentions about not only bhavishya Purana but also kalki avatar and that's what is not founded in bhavishya Purana only. It's a page similar to Jewish views on Muhammad or Muhammad in the Baháʼí Faith. And reason of choosing this title is mentioned in talk page of the article. Therealbey (talk) 08:08, 26 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Therealbey, that's because I reverted the edit of a LTA, who has a long history of POV pushing (see also WP:BLOCKEVASION). But I can see you oppose it and reverted me, and that's fair, I won't interfere further. HistoryofIran (talk) 11:58, 26 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Yazid ibn al-Muhallab Tabaristan campaign

@HistoryofIran:Hello, can you make a page about the Yazid ibn al-Muhallab Tabaristan campaign?

Hi Iranian112. I'm not sure if we have enough info to warrant having an article about that event. --HistoryofIran (talk) 10:33, 28 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

ok Iranian112 (talk) 09:01, 29 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

What about the Sassanid campaign of Carus? Iranian112 (talk) 09:03, 29 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I don't think we have enough info about that event either, but I could be wrong. I can see I added little about it in the WP:GA article of Bahram II [17]. Although this was back in 2020, so there may be more WP:RS about it now. Or heck, there might have been some WP:RS I missed back then, it's hard to say. But if you have WP:RS about it or any other event, I'll gladly look into it. HistoryofIran (talk) 19:33, 29 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Ziyarid-Abbasid war? Iranian112 (talk) 09:01, 30 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Do you have any WP:RS about it? HistoryofIran (talk) 16:02, 30 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

yes,Books تاریخ کامل ایران و Iranian112 (talk) 21:06, 7 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Is that the History of the Prophets and Kings? That's a primary source, we need secondary sources (WP:PST). And Mardavij's rule started after al-Tabari's death, so it's impossible for he and his dynasty to be mentioned in al-Tabari's work. HistoryofIran (talk) 21:44, 7 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

)تاریخ کامل ایران(نویسنده:حسن پیرنیا،سید محمد بصام،عباس اقبال اشتیانی Iranian112 (talk) 21:54, 7 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

کتاب مرداویج (نویسنده:خسرو معتضد) Iranian112 (talk) 21:59, 7 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not sure if I can find access to them unfortunately. I never learned to read the Persian script. HistoryofIran (talk) 22:02, 7 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Why don't you learn Persian script? Iranian112 (talk) 23:14, 7 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I will one day, but at the moment I'm just not that interested in learning a new alphabet. HistoryofIran (talk) 23:28, 7 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

ok Iranian112 (talk) 09:29, 8 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Your GA nomination of Kamran Mirza Durrani

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Barnstar

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	For your tireless contributions to Afghan history at Kamran Mirza Durrani! Noorullah (talk) 04:26, 29 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Noorullah. My pleasure, thank you very much! HistoryofIran (talk) 20:17, 29 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion nomination of Category:8th-century BC Iranian people

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Looks like you have a new fan

Anti History of Iran. --Kansas Bear 17:00, 8 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I sure am a popular guy. Thanks for letting me know, Kansas Bear. HistoryofIran (talk) 20:36, 8 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

User:Europe's Last Hope

This user, who recently created an account, has made contentious edits to Wikipedia. If your expertise suggests that they are in violation of WP:SOCK, please do file the appropriate report. Thanks, Anupam^Talk 23:32, 10 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi @Anupam:. Thanks for notifing me, I'm pretty sure it is the LTA Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/SheryOfficial. I'll file an SPI in a moment. HistoryofIran (talk) 13:47, 11 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

New user

[18] could this person be Mindirman Jaloliddin? Kajmer05 (talk) 10:40, 11 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi @Kajmer05:. Thanks for notifing me, that does indeed look like them, and it seems like they're in love with me. I'll file an SPI in a moment. HistoryofIran (talk) 13:48, 11 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Ottoman–Persian War (1821–1823)

Hello HistoryofIran, there has been a lot of activity in this article lately, I think it is a coordinated action, when you look at the history of the page, the result changes a lot anyway, do you think this should be written as inconclusive instead of the Persian victory? However, the sources supporting the Persian victory are strong. Kajmer05 (talk) 21:27, 13 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Kajmer05. Hard to say, I feel like all of these Ottoman-Persian war articles are getting disrupted a lot recently through different types of edit. If the citations support a Persian victory, then I guess it should stay like that. I haven't really looked in depth into the WP:RS about this event, though it seems like I should. HistoryofIran (talk) 22:56, 13 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

As you already know, the Ottoman–Persian War (1775–1776) was under intense attack, now the new target seems to be the Ottoman–Persian War (1821–1823). There seems to be a coordinated action in the this article. Anyway, I hope there won't be any chaos. Kajmer05 (talk) 23:03, 13 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Fereydun Ebrahimi

Hello!

You have deleted my edits in Firudin Ibrahimi's article with an unfounded accusation.

1) I have not finished the article yet.

2) Which part of the article can you highlight regarding negationism and revisionism?

3) Each of the books I use is a very important study. Among these books is the book "At the Dawn of the Cold War: The Soviet-American Crisis over Iranian Azerbaijan, 1941-1946" by Jamil Hasanli, a professor at the University of London. In addition, the memories of eyewitnesses of that period were used.

Please explain the reason for deleting the changes. --Rəcəb Yaxşı (talk) 07:22, 14 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Not unfounded, especially not with the huge amount of POV I found at [19] not long ago.

1) I have not finished the article yet.

That doesn't lessen the serious issues it had.

2) Which part of the article can you highlight regarding negationism and revisionism?

I linked it in my edit summary, please see [20].

Each of the books I use is a very important study. Among these books is the book "At the Dawn of the Cold War: The Soviet-American Crisis over Iranian Azerbaijan, 1941-1946" by Jamil Hasanli, a professor at the University of London. In addition, the memories of eyewitnesses of that period were used.

Same as 2. And you hadn't cited him yet. HistoryofIran (talk) 08:39, 14 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I think you misunderstood me. I am specifically referring to Firudin Ibrahimi's article. Where in the text I added to this article is there revisionism and negationism? Rəcəb Yaxşı (talk) 10:49, 14 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I just added information about a person's place of birth and education to the article. What problem do you see in this text? Rəcəb Yaxşı (talk) 10:56, 14 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I think you misunderstood me. I am specifically referring to Firudin Ibrahimi's article. Where in the text I added to this article is there revisionism and negationism?

I did not. Azerbaijani sources are not WP:RS, as scholarship considers them abundant with historical falsification/revisionism/negationism [21] [22] [23] [24], irredentism and even anti-Armenian and anti-Iranian sentiments.

I just added information about a person's place of birth and education to the article. What problem do you see in this text?

Sorry, but are you kidding me? Please be a bit more forthright, we both know that isn't what we're talking about and not what you (at least initially) only intended. HistoryofIran (talk) 11:33, 14 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I would like to draw your attention once again and request you to at least read and familiarize yourself with the books I have provided as links using Google Translate or Google Lens. I have personally posted PDF files of each of these books so that skeptics like you can easily access and read them. These books do not mention Armenia at all. Secondly, these books mainly talk about the Azerbaijani National Government established in 1945-1946. And none of these books contain any territorial claims against Iran or any territorial claims against any country in general. Rəcəb Yaxşı (talk) 11:48, 14 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

And I would like to read and familiarize yourself with the links I have presented. It doesn't matter what I think, it matters what WP:RS says, and they do not consider Azerbaijani sources to reliable. And that's even more important when it comes to a figure related to the Azerbaijan People's Government. Heck, I can already see five "sources" using the irredentist name "South(ern) Azerbaijan" [25]. HistoryofIran (talk) 11:51, 14 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Again, if you look at the books I referred to, you will not see anything about territorial claims. The term "Southern Azerbaijan" is used to denote the difference. This division has been used for centuries. For example, I can give an example of the book "General Grammar of the Turkish-Tatar Language", published in 1848 in Leipzig (don't worry, it was not published in Baku))). If you want, I can send this part of the book to your e-mail address. Rəcəb Yaxşı (talk) 12:27, 14 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

You would not be saying this if you actually read the links I posted (such as "South(ern) Azerbaijan" being a irredentist, nationalistic term), please do - and while you're at it, here's another relevant link [26]. HistoryofIran (talk) 12:31, 14 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I wrote to you that this book was published in Leipzig in 1848. When this book was published, neither Stalin nor the USSR existed. And I am writing to you about the titles of the books. The text I wrote about Firudin Ibrahimi did not contain the phrase "Southern Azerbaijan". Please be objective and speak specifically about the question I asked. I repeat once again that I am talking about the article "Firudin Ibrahimi". And neither the text of this article nor the books used in this article make any territorial claims to any country. Rəcəb Yaxşı (talk) 12:39, 14 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

You're not listening. Azerbaijani sources are not WP:RS according to actual WP:RS. South(ern) Azerbaijan is a irredentism, nationalistic name according to WP:RS. Here, I'll cite the part about the latter directly for starters. Please read them this time. We follow what WP:RS says;

"Let us conclude with an important point. The pre-1918 maps indicate various names of regions or states north of the river Araxes, such as “Albania” or “Arran”. No map knows of “Azerbaijan” north of the Araxes. This name was applied for centuries to the northern province of Iran, originally called Atropatene, around Tabriz, i.e. south of the Araxes. The Encyclopaedia of Islam published in 1913 leaves no room for doubt: “Nowadays, under ‘Adharbaydjan’ is understood the north-western province of Persia”. The name “Azerbaijan”, which the present-day republic adopted in 1918, is, therefore, a result of later socio-political developments.In the 1930s, this name was adopted by the Soviet authorities: it suited Stalin who considered expansion to Iran" - p. 42, Monuments and Identities in the Caucasus Karabagh, Nakhichevan and Azerbaijan in Contemporary Geopolitical Conflict, Brill
"The name Azarbaijan is a pre-Islamic Persian name for a pre-Islamic province south of the River Aras. “Azarbaijan” was not used in any definite or clear manner for the area north of the River Aras in the pre- modern period. In some instances, the name Azarbaijan was used in a manner that included the Aran region immediately to the north of the River Aras, but this was rather an exception. The adoption of this name for the area north of the River Aras was by the nationalist, Baku-based Mosavat government (1918–20) and was later retained by the Soviet Union." p. 16 - Behrooz, Maziar (2023). Iran at War: Interactions with the Modern World and the Struggle with Imperial Russia. I.B. Tauris
"In fact, in medieval times the name ‘Azerbaijan’ was applied not to the area of present independent Azerbaijan but to the lands to the south of the Araxes river, now part of Iran. The lands to the north west of the Araxes were known as Albania; the lands to the north east, the heart of present-day post-Soviet Azerbaijan, were known as Sharvan (or Shirwan) and Derbend." p. 30, Fowkes, B. (2002). Ethnicity and Ethnic Conflict in the Post-Communist World. Springer.
"The adoption of the name “Azerbaijan” in 1918 by the Mussavatist government for classical Caucasian Albania (Arrān and Sharvān) was due to political reasons28. For example, the giant orientalist of the early 20th century, Vasily Barthold has stated: “… whenever it is necessary to choose a name that will encompass all regions of the republic of Azerbaijan, the name Arrān can be chosen. But the term Azerbaijan was chosen because when the Azerbaijan republic was created, it was assumed that this and the Persian Azerbaijan will be one entity, because the population of both has a big similarity. On this basis, the word Azerbaijan was chosen. Of course right now when the word Azerbaijan is used, it has two meanings as Persian Azerbaijan and as a republic, it’s confusing and a question rises as to which Azerbaijan is being talked about”. In the post-Islamic sense, Arrān and Sharvān are often distinguished while in the pre-Islamic era, Arrān or the Western Caucasian Albania roughly corresponds to the modern territory of republic of Azerbaijan. In the Soviet era, in a breathtaking manipulation, historical Azerbaijan (NW Iran) was reinterpreted as “South Azerbaijan” in order for the Soviets to lay territorial claim on historical Azerbaijan proper which is located in modern Northwestern Iran". p. 10, Lornejad, Siavash; Doostzadeh, Ali (2012). Arakelova, Victoria; Asatrian, Garnik (eds.). On the modern politicization of the Persian poet Nezami Ganjavi (PDF). Caucasian Centre for Iranian Studies.
"The case of Azerbaijan is interesting in several aspects. The geographical name “Azerbaijan” for the territory where the Republic of Azerbaijan is now situated, as well as the ethnic name for the Caucasian Turks, “Azerbaijani,” were coined in the beginning of the 10th century. The name Azerbaijan, which implies the lands located north of the Aras River, is a duplicate of the historical region of Azerbaijan (it is the arabized version of the name of a historical region of Atropatena) which is the north-western region of Iran. After the proclamation of the first Republic of Azerbaijan in 1918, the Turkish army invaded the Caucasus, and the name “Azerbaijan” was offered by a young Turkish regime to the Turkish-speaking territory" p. 253, After the Soviet Empire. Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, 05 Oct. 2015.
"The Ottoman Turks coveted Iran’s province of Azerbaijan. Therefore following the Bolshevik revolution, in 1918 installed a pro-Turkish government in Baku and named it after the Iranian province of Azerbaijan" - p. xvii, The New Geopolitics of the South Caucasus: Prospects for Regional Cooperation and Conflict Resolution (Contemporary Central Asia: Societies, Politics, and Cultures), Lexington Books, Shireen Hunter
"Until 1918, when the Musavat regime decided to name the newly independent state Azerbaijan, this designation had been used exclusively to identify the Iranian province of Azerbaijan." - p. 60, Dekmejian, R. Hrair; Simonian, Hovann H. (2003). Troubled Waters: The Geopolitics of the Caspian Region. I.B. Tauris.
"The region to the north of the river Araxes was not called Azerbaijan prior to 1918, unlike the region in northwestern Iran that has been called since so long ago." p. 356, Rezvani, Babak (2014). Ethno-territorial conflict and coexistence in the caucasus, Central Asia and Fereydan: academisch proefschrift. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press
"The name Azerbaijan was also adopted for Arrān, historically an Iranian region, by anti-Russian separatist forces of the area when, on 26 May 1918, they declared its independence and called it the Democratic Republic of Azerbaijan. To allay Iranian concerns, the Azerbaijan government used the term “Caucasian Azerbaijan” in the documents for circulation abroad." - Multiple Authors, Encyclopaedia Iranica
"Originally the term Azerbaijan was the name of the Iranian historical province Adarbaigan, or Azarbaijan (from older Aturpatakan) in the north-west of the country. This term, as well as its respective derivative, Azari (or, in Turkish manner, Azeri), as “ethnonym”, was not applied to the territory north of Arax (i.e. the area of the present-day Azerbaijan Republic, former Arran and Shirvan) and its inhabitants up until the establishment of the Musavat regime in that territory (1918-1920)." - p. 85, note 1, Morozova, I. (2005). Contemporary Azerbaijani Historiography on the Problem of "Southern Azerbaijan" after World War II, Iran and the Caucasus, 9(1)
"Until the late 19th and early 20th century it would be unthinkable to refer to the Muslim inhabitants of the Caucasus as Azaris (Azeris) or Azerbaijanis, since the people and the geographical region that bore these names were located to the south of the Araxes River. Therefore, the Iranian intelligentsia raised eyebrows once the independent Republic of Azerbaijan was declared in 1918 just across the Iranian border. - pp. 176-177, Avetikian, Gevorg. "Pān-torkism va Irān [Pan-Turkism and Iran]", Iran and the Caucasus 14, 1 (2010), Brill
"Although the overwhelming number of nineteenth-century Russian and Iranian, as well as present-day European historians view the Iranian province of Azarbayjan and the present-day Republic of Azerbaijan as two separate geographical and political entities, modern Azeri historians and geographers view it a single state that has been separated into “northern” and “southern” sectors and which will be united in the future. This unsubstantiated claim rests on a number of factors" -- p. xv. Bournoutian, George (2016). The 1820 Russian Survey of the Khanate of Shirvan: A Primary Source on the Demography and Economy of an Iranian Province prior to its Annexation by Russia. Gibb Memorial Trust.

HistoryofIran (talk) 12:42, 14 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Also, is there a reason you have ignored my question down below? HistoryofIran (talk) 12:43, 14 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Also, I recall you being mentioned here [27]. May I ask why you never participated in this? HistoryofIran (talk) 11:52, 14 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

RfC on images containing Islamic honorifics or calligraphy

There is an RfC at Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Islam-related articles#RfC on images containing Islamic honorifics or calligraphy, offering various proposals on the text of MOS:CALLIGRAPHY.

You have been invited to comment on this RfC because you participated in the discussion which lead to the creation of this guideline. Kind regards, ☿ Apaugasma (talk ☉) 11:25, 16 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]