Anvar Chingizoglu Farajov (Azerbaijani: Ənvər Çingizoğlu Fərəcov; 10 May 1962 – 10 July 2022) was an Azerbaijani historian, ethnologist and genealogist who mostly specialized in the history and genealogies of medieval Azerbaijan, Iran and the Ottoman Empire.
Life
Anvar Chingizoglu was born in the town of Jabrail in Azerbaijan. His father was originally from Aşağı Yağləvənd village of Fizuli Rayon of Azerbaijan. In 1990, he graduated from the faculty of journalism Azerbaijan State University. Chingizoglu worked for the newspapers "Araz" (Aras, in 1990–1993). He was charged as a redactor to Azərbaycan Televiziya və Radio verilişləri Qapalı Səhmdar Cəmiyyəti. He later started publishing about Azerbaijan's history and genealogy.
Chingizoglu was interested in geopolitics, as well as the origin and ethnic structure of Turkic peoples, particularly of the Afshar people.[1] He wrote three monographs on the history of the Afshar people, namely Afshar tribe (2008),[2]Hossein Qholi Khan Gasimlu-Avshar (2012), Fath-Ali Khan Arashlu-Afshar (2014) and Afshar Culture (2014).[3]
He was the author of 70 books and 293 printed scholarly publications.[4]
He was an author of the documentary films "Afshars", "Khurshidbanu Natavan", "Mir Mohsun Navvab",[5] "Kamina".
