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IN WELL-KEPT ARMENIAN VILLAGE AYLIS THERE ARE MANY SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES, AND PEOPLE THERE RESEMBLE THE FRENCH
http://www.panorama.am/en/society/2013/02/19/azerichild-info/
16:06 19/02/2013 " SOCIETY
Collection of Azerichild.info site replenished by another publicistic
work written in early 20th century called "Journey of Mozalan Beck".
It's from journal of "Molla Nasreddin" of 1909 in which the author
Gurbanli Sharifov shares his impressions after visiting the Armenian
village Aylis (Agulis) and compares it with the Muslim (Azerbaijani)
Ordubad city.
It is noteworthy that at the time when this story was going to be
printed, the magazine, founded by Jalil Mamedkulizade in 1906 and
censored by his Armenian colleagues was fully under the control of
young writers, editors and censors - Transcaucasian Tatars.
"It seems that even fools would be stupefied. First of all I want to
note that the village was like a well-kept area of Tbilisi. Beautiful
mansions, clean streets, many large and beautiful bridges, a lot
of schools, libraries, reading rooms and buildings with an amazing
educational equipment and decorations. I swear by Allah, I was
petrified.
And people are not recognizable as if they had just arrived from
France, their clothes, their behavior, impeccable purity (speaking
of purity, I mean appearance of the people do not think of something
else.) I was truly amazed.
Returning from Aylis to Ordubad I saw that in one of the houses they
again read a prayer and Muslims gathered there are again crying.
And I really wanted to ask them my dears, why are you crying? What is
wrong with you again? Or have you already realized that our neighbors,
who are armed with enlightenment, will come here, will seize all of
your property, and will turn you all in their own servants?
And let no one say that it is not like that. If you pay a little
attention to the history of world culture, you will realize that in
the end it will be so."
The site Azerichild.info publishes translations of literature from
Azerbaijani for children and educational use.
From: A. Papazian
http://www.panorama.am/en/society/2013/02/19/azerichild-info/
16:06 19/02/2013 " SOCIETY
Collection of Azerichild.info site replenished by another publicistic
work written in early 20th century called "Journey of Mozalan Beck".
It's from journal of "Molla Nasreddin" of 1909 in which the author
Gurbanli Sharifov shares his impressions after visiting the Armenian
village Aylis (Agulis) and compares it with the Muslim (Azerbaijani)
Ordubad city.
It is noteworthy that at the time when this story was going to be
printed, the magazine, founded by Jalil Mamedkulizade in 1906 and
censored by his Armenian colleagues was fully under the control of
young writers, editors and censors - Transcaucasian Tatars.
"It seems that even fools would be stupefied. First of all I want to
note that the village was like a well-kept area of Tbilisi. Beautiful
mansions, clean streets, many large and beautiful bridges, a lot
of schools, libraries, reading rooms and buildings with an amazing
educational equipment and decorations. I swear by Allah, I was
petrified.
And people are not recognizable as if they had just arrived from
France, their clothes, their behavior, impeccable purity (speaking
of purity, I mean appearance of the people do not think of something
else.) I was truly amazed.
Returning from Aylis to Ordubad I saw that in one of the houses they
again read a prayer and Muslims gathered there are again crying.
And I really wanted to ask them my dears, why are you crying? What is
wrong with you again? Or have you already realized that our neighbors,
who are armed with enlightenment, will come here, will seize all of
your property, and will turn you all in their own servants?
And let no one say that it is not like that. If you pay a little
attention to the history of world culture, you will realize that in
the end it will be so."
The site Azerichild.info publishes translations of literature from
Azerbaijani for children and educational use.
From: A. Papazian