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

48In Search of "Khazar"the deputy director of this institute, then began movingforward in the party line (The Communist Party).Having worked a little at the Party Committee of theAcademy of Sciences he was appointed a deputyminister of the Ministry of Education and finally hebecame the Minister.Feyzullayev met us in a very merry mood andembraced me warmly. He got acquainted with Saleh andbegan to talk. We discussed the world of mathematics,mathematicians, Moscow, our respective doctoraldissertations, 13 and he spoke very highly of me to Saleh.Then I inquired after his work at the ministry and hispersonal affairs, and at last we came to the main point.He wanted me to give more information. He had alreadybeen given some details by Qurban Amirov over thetelephone and his first and immediate objection wasagainst the idea of setting up the university under theauspices of Institute of National Economy Management.I told him that I shared his view, but noted that it wasthe Prime Minister’s suggestion and was connected withour accommodation problems. I explained that it wouldbe very difficult to take a step back now. He quicklysaid, "Let it be so." Then he added:- For the university to be under the Institute is notlogical. It is necessary to establish it also under the auspicesof the Ministry of Education. If it is a university, itwould be better to have a formal connection with ourministry; in this case its status would be higher.Of course, as I have mentioned many timesbefore, to function independently was the main idea andmain dream behind this university. But readers shouldunderstand that at that time there was no such notion as"private school" or ‘private education’ in our Law onEducation. 14 I was aiming to set up the university with