List of Azerbaijani inventions and discoveries

Azerbaijani inventions and discoveries are inventions and discoveries by Azerbaijani scientists and researchers, both locally and while working at overseas research institutes.

Science

Mathematics

Fuzzy Logic. Lotfi Aliasker Zadeh (1965).

Oil industry

Oil in Russia. Farman Salmanov (1961).
Oil in India. Eyyub Taghiyev (1958)
Oil in Brazil. Eyyub Taghiyev (1961)
Offshore oil platform. Agha Aliyev (1949)

Weapons

Molotov cocktail. Yusif Mammadaliyev (1939-1940)
S-300 (Favorit). Igor Ashurbeyli
S-400 (Triumf). Igor Ashurbeyli
Tectonic weapon. Ikram Karimov (1970)
F-1 (nuclear reactor). Abbas Chaykhorski (1946)

Istiglal – a recoil-operated, semi-automatic anti-material sniper rifle.^[1]^[2]
Yalguzag – a bolt-action sniper rifle that fires the 7.62×51mm NATO round used by the Azerbaijani Land Forces.

Art

Shabaka (window) – stained glass windows made by national Azerbaijani masters, without glue or nails.

Folk music

Ashiqs of Azerbaijan
Jazz-Mugham. Vagif Mustafazadeh (1960).
Meykhana – literary and folk rap tradition, consisting of an unaccompanied song performed by one or more people improvising on a particular subject.^[3]^[4]
Mugham – folk musical composition from Azerbaijan.^[5]

Musical Instruments

Balaban – a cylindrical-bore, double-reed wind instrument.^[6]
Nagara (drum) – folk drum with double head that is played on one side with the bare hands.
Tar – Mirza Sadig (1870).^[7]

Language and literature

Persian sign language. Jabbar Asgarzadeh.
School for Muslim girls. Zeynalabdin Taghiyev (1904)

Foods

Dovga
Doymenj
Dushbara – a sort of dumplings of dough filled with ground meat and flavor.^[8]
Qutab – a thinly rolled dough that may be cooked briefly on a convex griddle.^[9]^[10]^[11]
Shekarbura – Azerbaijani dessert. There are still several of deserts and popular foods of Azerbaijan.^{[citation needed]}
Azerbaijani pakhlava – an Azerbaijani variant of Baklava.

Sports

Sur-papakh – traditional equestrian sport.

References

^ "Azerbaijan-produced sniper rifles and armors to be demonstrated at an exhibition in Istanbul". Archived from the original on 2009-01-30. Retrieved 2009-07-03.
^ "International Defense Exhibition Fair (IDEF-2009) was over". Azerbaijani Ministry of Defense. 2009-01-05. Retrieved 2009-07-03.
^ Bahl, Taru; Syed, M. H. (2003). Encyclopaedia of the Muslim World. Anmol Publications PVT. p. 25. ISBN 9788126114191.
^ Мейхана - это не «хулиганский жанр», а часть азербайджанского фольклора - режиссер Абдуль Махмудов Archived 2013-10-14 at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)
^ UNESCO - Intangible Heritage Section. "UNESCO Culture Sector - Intangible Heritage - 2003 Convention". unesco.org.
^ Музыкальная энциклопедия. Баламан. Под ред. Ю. В. Келдыш. Т 1. А — М.: Советская энциклопедия, 1973.
^ Four new items inscribed on UNESCO’s Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. Unesco.org. Retrieved on 2013-01-01.
^ "Dushbara". qurman.az.
^ Milli mətbəximiz, tarixi, səciyyəvi xüsusiyyətləri (in Azerbaijani)
^ Кутабы (пирожки с зеленью) - азербайджанская кухня (in Russian)
^ Азербайджанская кухня | Кутабы (in Russian)