Abdulkerim Alizada

Abdulkerim Alizada (in Azerbaijani – Əbdülkərim Əlizadə; in English sometimes spelled as Alizadeh or Alizade; 1906–1979), was an Azerbaijani historian, writer, and orientalist and a member of the Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences. His works spans the medieval history of Azerbaijan and the countries of the Near and Middle East. Because of his contributions and researches, Alizada was awarded the USSR State Prize in Science (1948), the Mirza Fatali Akhundov State Prize of the Azerbaijan SSR (1978), the Order of the Red Banner of Labour, Medal "For the Defence of the Caucasus", Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945", and the Order of the Badge of Honour.^[1]