Alisohbat Sumbat oglu Sumbatzade (8 January 1907, Amirjan, Baku – 28 January 1992, Baku) was a Soviet Azerbaijani historian and orientalist (member of the Academy of Sciences of the Azerbaijani SSR from 1958).[1]

Alisohbat Sumbatzade

Sumbatzade graduated from the Department of Oriental Studies of Azerbaijan State University in 1929. In 1963 he became director of the Institute of the Peoples of the Near and Middle East of the Academy of Sciences of the Azerbaijan SSR.[1] Sumbatzade's main works tackle the socioeconomic history of Azerbaijan in the 19th and 20th centuries.

His works were cited by The Cambridge History of Iran.[2]

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  1. ^ a b "Sumbatzade, Ali Soibat Sumbatovich". Great Soviet Encyclopedia, 3rd Edition (1970-1979). Retrieved 10 January 2013.
  2. ^ Jackson, P.; Lockhart, L., eds. (1986). The Cambridge History of Iran. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 1000. doi:10.1017/CHOL9780521200943. ISBN 9781139054980.