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Hamlet Isaxanli In Search of “Khazar” - DSpace at Khazar University

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20<strong>In</strong> <strong>Search</strong> <strong>of</strong> "<strong>Khazar</strong>"- You have touched upon serious problems.Wh<strong>at</strong>’s next? - He addressed me with his usual slightlyarrogant tone <strong>of</strong> voice.- Wh<strong>at</strong> can happen? - I answered a question withquestion, - I will try to publish it both in Azeri andRussian, enable more people to read it, maybesomebody will find it helpful.- Th<strong>at</strong>’s good. But there is another way. As youknow I am a financial adviser to the Prime MinisterHasan Hasanov and as such I see him occasionally. Ihave to be <strong>at</strong> one <strong>of</strong> the meetings in his <strong>of</strong>fice soon andif you don’t mind I’ll give him the manuscript <strong>of</strong> yourarticle. Most probably it will draw his <strong>at</strong>tention. He is aman <strong>of</strong> progressive ideas and he is very <strong>at</strong>tentive to newand unexpected ideas, especially if it’s rel<strong>at</strong>ed to animportant problem.Prior to this convers<strong>at</strong>ion I’d met Hasan Hasanovonly once. I took my friend from Canada, Yaghoub Shafai,to see him. During one <strong>of</strong> my visits to Canada Ilectured <strong>at</strong> Dalhousie <strong>University</strong> in Halifax, and becamefriends with two Azeri-scholars - a m<strong>at</strong>hem<strong>at</strong>icianHeidar Rajavi, and a pr<strong>of</strong>essor in management YaghoubShafai. From then our friendship went from strength tostrength. My article "A scholar from Canada in his homeland"published in the "Liter<strong>at</strong>ure and Culture" (Adabiyy<strong>at</strong>va injasan<strong>at</strong>) newspaper was dedic<strong>at</strong>ed to HeidarRajavi and our meetings with him. <strong>In</strong> April-May, 1990,Yagub Shafai visited Baku as well. After a TV programwhere Yagoub Shafai, Fuad Alaskarov and myself tookpart, Yagub-bey had become very popular. Peoplewould stop him on the streets <strong>of</strong> Baku, greet andcommunic<strong>at</strong>e with him. Around th<strong>at</strong> time I was told th<strong>at</strong>the Prime Minister would like to meet Yagoub and we

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