{"status":"published","slug":"western-azerbaijan-community","title":"So-called “Western Azerbaijan Community” Monitor","description":"A record of meetings, educational activity, heritage and church claims, and public statements concerning Armenia.","language":"en","editor":"Giorgi Tumasyan","last_reviewed":"2026-11-04","record_cutoff":"2026-11-04","method":"Public sources and attributed figures. Personal-status, entitlement, territorial and historical assertions remain source claims. Dates, overlaps, unavailable texts and differences in source wording are preserved.","sections":[{"id":"activity","heading":"Statements, letters and meetings","paragraphs":["Reported figures retain their original dates, periods and units. Cumulative and annual figures overlap; conflicts in source wording are recorded."],"tables":[{"caption":"Principal cumulative figures reported on 7 January 2026","columns":["Measure","Reported number","Period and unit"],"rows":[["Statements","339","Activity period since reorganization; chair’s figure. [1]"],["Letters","119","To international centers, coordinated with Azerbaijan’s MFA. [1]"],["Meetings in Baku","78","With foreign diplomats/delegations; cumulative context, not an all-meetings total. [1]"],["International-event representations","43","Appearances reported overall; not a count of countries visited. [1]"],["Parliamentary public hearings","6","Reported cumulative hearings. [1]"],["UN-circulated WAC documents","11","Reported documents “to date”; no reconciled document-symbol ledger. [1]"]],"collapsible":false,"summary_count":{"value":6,"unit":"reported measures"}},{"caption":"Other dated communications and organizational figures","columns":["Source date / period","Reported figures","Definition and limit"],"rows":[["21–22 June 2024","225 adopted statements; 7 UN-circulated documents","Cumulative snapshot with no exact starting date in the numerical sentence. [16]"],["2024, reported in parliament 14 March 2025","128 statements","Annual figure attributed to the chair. [2]"],["27 January 2025","More than 300 statements and appeals; 8 UN-circulated documents","Different communication category; preceding two years for the UN figure. [17]"],["2025, reported 22 December","35 statements","Explicitly current-year figure; overlaps the cumulative total. [15]"],["2023 / 2024, reported 14 March 2025","6 / 3 UN-circulated documents","Annual claims do not reconcile with the separate cumulative figure of 8. [2]"],["September 2024, reported 14 March 2025","13 MPs in a parliamentary initiative group","Chair’s account of the group formed after an approach to parliament. [2]"],["21 December 2024 assembly","16 honorary members from 10 countries","Reported by Presidential Administration official Adalat Valiyev; not a total of foreign branches. [18]"],["June 2024 structure","24 district communities; 277 settlement communities; offices for representatives in 41 districts of Azerbaijan","Claimed internal organization, not jurisdiction in Armenia or overseas branches. [16]"],["3 February 2026 council snapshot","144 intellectuals; 97 elders; 126 women; 141 youth","Council membership figures; overlap between people is unknown. [19]"]],"collapsible":false,"summary_count":{"value":9,"unit":"records"}}]},{"id":"outreach","heading":"Conferences and international activity","paragraphs":["Conference participation, published outputs and diplomatic channels. Participant-country counts describe the organizers’ reports of attendance."],"tables":[{"caption":"Reported conference scale","columns":["Event","Reported participation or output","Source and limit"],"rows":[["December 2023 annual international conference","44 representatives from 28 countries","Chair’s parliamentary retrospective. [2]"],["5–6 December 2024 annual international conference","More than 100 foreign representatives from 51 countries","Foreign participation, excluding an unknown domestic total. [2]"],["December 2025 annual international conference","Azerbaijan and more than 60 other countries","Organizer’s final document gives no exact headcount. [20]"],["23–24 November 2023 Nakhchivan congress","17 section meetings; more than 200 papers/topics","Organizer’s retrospective account. [21]"],["21–22 June 2024 Nakhchivan congress","7 streams; more than 300 papers; more than 10 book presentations","Vice-rector says nearly 30 sections; another participating academic says 24. One congress. [21] [22]"],["Same June 2024 festival-congress: exhibition / publicity","11 regional tents; coverage by 190 outlet titles and media in more than 20 foreign countries","Organizer’s figures without an outlet ledger; publicity does not establish audience size. [21]"],["1 March 2025 Women’s Council online conference","About 50 women activists from 12 countries","Organizer-reported online participation; appeal published 2 March. [23]"],["26 December 2025 folklore conference","106 papers; seven named section halls","Institute of Folklore organizer account; papers are not unique people. [24]"]],"collapsible":false,"summary_count":{"value":8,"unit":"records"}},{"caption":"Documented state and international channels","columns":["Date","Activity","Source"],"rows":[["17 January 2023","Azerbaijan’s UN mission transmits a WAC appeal on government instructions.","[25]"],["22 February 2023","Azerbaijan’s UN mission transmits WAC’s Concept document; UN copies distributed 14 March.","[26]"],["6 August 2024","State Diaspora Committee reports a WAC meeting within its fifth diaspora-youth summer camp.","[27]"],["29 April 2025","ICESCO confirms a meeting with a WAC delegation about heritage cooperation.","[28]"],["21 May 2025","A presidential address is published for the Ankara conference; text signed 19 May.","[29]"],["21–22 June 2025","OIC foreign ministers adopt Resolution 66/51-POL concerning WAC’s campaign.","[30]"],["3 June 2026","Baku State University conference opening reported by WAC; university identifies itself as organizer/funder and WAC as partner.","[31] [32]"]],"collapsible":false,"summary_count":{"value":7,"unit":"records"}}]},{"id":"education","heading":"Universities and schools","paragraphs":["Named institutions, centers, event roles, school activities and annual participation figures. Completed activities, announcements and supplementary reports are distinguished."],"tables":[{"caption":"Annual school competition and teacher-program figures","columns":["Program / period","Reported number","Definition and source"],"rows":[["2024 thematic Olympiad","Nearly 10,000 pupils; 36 finalists; 19 winners","Ministry annual report; awards comprise 3 first, 6 second, 10 third places. NDU’s contemporary report instead says more than 10,000. [3]"],["2024 second stage","14 centers; 1,001 pupils eligible; 36 final places","Ministry report dated 25 May; eligibility is not independently audited attendance. [56]"],["2025 thematic Olympiad","9,872 pupils; 18 medals","Grades IX–X; 3 gold, 6 silver, 9 bronze. Canonical ministry figure; print route contains a gold-medal typo. [4]"],["25 June 2025 teachers’ forum","More than 300 teachers","University host’s account; Olympiad awards were part of this forum. [47]"],["Related ministry-supported NGO teacher project, 2025","More than 1,300 overall: over 300 in Baku and nearly 1,000 in seven regions","NGO’s reported project reach; overlaps the Baku figure and is not a WAC-only program total. [57]"]],"collapsible":false,"summary_count":{"value":5,"unit":"records"}},{"caption":"Named universities and their documented roles","columns":["University","Classification","Record"],"rows":[["Baku State University","Established center","Center created in October 2023; university organizer/funder for the June 2026 conference. [33] [31]"],["Azerbaijan State Pedagogical University","Established center","Established center; joint conference organization and documented school outreach. Foundation date not established. [34] [35]"],["Baku Slavic University","Established center","Center established in 2024; formal opening/conference on 13 February 2025. Distinct from Baku State University. [36]"],["Nakhchivan State University","Institutional activity / host","Olympiad partner/final host and festival-congress co-organizer. Proposed center excluded from established-center count. [37]"],["Baku Engineering University","Institutional activity / host","Joint organizer and host of the 27 February 2025 conference, with ADPU and WAC. [35]"],["Azerbaijan State University of Economics (UNEC)","Institutional activity / host","Book-launch host on 22 April 2024; joint exhibition organizer in April 2026. [38] [39]"],["Azerbaijan Technology University","Institutional activity / host","Joint organizer and host of the 5 March 2025 event. [40]"],["Azerbaijan University of Architecture and Construction","Institutional activity / host","Joint conference organizer in a university report dated 3 May 2025; council instruction also documented. [41] [42]"],["Lankaran State University","Center announced; other activity documented","Joint university event reported 2 June 2026. Center considered necessary; establishment not confirmed. [43]"],["Azerbaijan University of Languages","Established center","University research-center opening reported by WAC on 11 April 2026. [44]"],["Sumgait State University","Established center","Creation decided 9 September 2026; subsequent ADPU meeting corroborates an operating center. [45] [46]"],["Azerbaijan State Oil and Industry University","Institutional activity / host","Host of the 25 June 2025 young-teachers forum with WAC speakers; not evidence of a signed partnership. [47]"]],"collapsible":false,"summary_count":{"value":12,"unit":"universities"}},{"caption":"Named general-school sites and their evidence status","columns":["School","Date / report","Recorded activity and source"],"rows":[["Baku Secondary School No.113, Kurdakhani","2025-11-28 report","Completed lesson/presentation; no attendance total. [48]"],["Hajigabul City Secondary School No.10","2026-02-13","Completed lesson/presentation; no attendance total. [49]"],["T.Baghirov Secondary School No.11, Shirvan","2026-02-13","Completed lesson/presentation; no attendance total. [50]"],["Bilasuvar City School-Lyceum Specializing in Technical Subjects","2026-06-02 report","Completed lesson/presentation; no attendance total. [51]"],["Baku Secondary School No.18","2024-04-27","Announced Olympiad venue; retrospective completion not established. [52]"],["Rushan Village Secondary School, Ismayilli","2023-07-21 report","Ministry campaign site; WAC’s organizer role not established. Reports 16 teachers, 32 residents and 13 parents; categories may overlap. [53]"],["Guneshli Village Secondary School, Shamakhi","2023-07-21 report","Ministry campaign site; WAC’s organizer role not established. [53]"],["Baku Secondary Schools No. 32 and No. 138 (two schools)","Exact date not exposed by retrieved page","Ministry documents presentations with WAC participation. [54]"],["Elkhan Aghayev Arbatan Village Secondary School, Salyan","29 September 2026 report","Completed open lesson; ministry and WAC board participation. [55]"]],"collapsible":false,"summary_count":{"value":10,"unit":"schools in core sources"}},{"caption":"Other education outputs","columns":["Record","Reported output / status","Source"],"rows":[["Historical-schools media project, 2025","10 historical-school research files, 10 articles, 10 videos and 200 book copies. These are media outputs, not ten schools visited.","[57]"],["School monument-model project, 13 May 2026","WAC Women’s Council announcement with education-agency support; no completed-model, school or pupil total in the notice.","[58]"]],"collapsible":false,"summary_count":{"value":2,"unit":"records"}},{"caption":"Additional education records outside the core institution counts","columns":["Date / record","Institution or venue","Evidence and classification"],"rows":[["6 October 2019 scholarship decision","Azerbaijan Medical University; Baku Higher Oil School; French-Azerbaijani University (UFAZ); UNEC","Four admission destinations for five selected students. Contemporary report of announced support, not institutional partnership. [10]"],["21 June 2024 festival; report 24 June","Ganja State University","University lists seven staff attending the Nakhchivan festival. Representation, not a separate university-hosted event. [59]"],["2024 and 18 June 2026 festival reporting","Iğdır University, Türkiye","Rectors named as participants/speakers; this does not establish a completed institutional agreement. [60]"],["14 October 2024 exhibition","SGH Warsaw School of Economics, Poland","Contemporary Trend report identifies the venue; university/organizer primary confirmation was not recovered. [61]"],["21 May 2025 Ankara conference","ADA University","State television reports a partnership; university-owned confirmation was not recovered. [62]"],["1 February 2026 community meeting","Azerbaijan Medical University Teaching Surgical Clinic","University newspaper of 16 February, p. 3, identifies the venue; institutional organization not established. [63]"],["11 June 2026 lesson","Mubariz Ibrahimov Kindergarten-School-Lyceum Educational Complex, Bilasuvar","A bylined account by ministry employee Rovshan Aghayev identifies a distinct school from the technical lyceum. Institutional corroboration not recovered. [64]"]],"collapsible":true,"summary_count":{"value":7,"unit":"records"}}]},{"id":"grants","heading":"Related NGO grants and outputs","paragraphs":["Reported grants and outputs from related state-supported programs, with allocations distinguished from completed activity and WAC’s own budget."],"tables":[{"caption":"Grant rounds and reported outputs","columns":["Period","Reported figure","Source / qualification"],"rows":[["2023 competition","134 applications; 24 winning projects; AZN 485,500","Agency’s contemporary account. [65]"],["2024 round","29 projects; AZN 374,050","Director’s figures reported in March 2025. [66]"],["2025 awards","51 winning projects; AZN 667,000","Awards announced 7 March 2025, not 51 confirmed completed events. [66]"],["Sum of the three reported rounds","104 awards; AZN 1,526,550","Arithmetic sum of reported allocations; not WAC’s budget or an audited spending total."],["Implemented projects reported 10 March 2025","53","Director’s retrospective figure, distinct from that year’s newly announced awards. [66]"],["2023–2025 reported outputs","Nearly 50 mixed events; 25 books; 11 documentary films; 21 video clips","Agency director’s cumulative account; no event-by-event ledger attached. [67]"]],"collapsible":false,"summary_count":{"value":6,"unit":"records"}}]},{"id":"heritage","heading":"Heritage projects and claims","paragraphs":["Catalogs, publications, working groups and religious-administration activity. Historical, ownership and destruction assertions are attributed to the source."],"tables":[{"caption":"Heritage projects, claimed corpus sizes and demands","columns":["Date","Record","Published claim / documented activity"],"rows":[["2025-05-24","Iravan Qaziliq statement","Welcomes the Caucasus Muslims Board's restoration of the Iravan Qaziliq; alleges destruction of approximately 300 mosques except Blue Mosque and more than 500 cemeteries, demands access/restoration and international pressure on Armenia. [69]"],["2026-01-07","Claimed cemetery study","Reports 201 cemeteries studied, 712 direct images, more than 2,000 images overall and more than 250 maps dated 1890–1991. These are self-reported research figures, without an audited site register. [1]"],["2026-09-22","Caucasian Albanian heritage working group","Creates a working group on alleged Caucasian Albanian heritage in present-day Armenia: Zangezur, Daralayaz and the Lake Sevan basin. Scope includes churches, chapels, cross-stones and monasteries. Claims WAC already holds hundreds of relevant documents. [70]"],["2024-09-26","UNESCO mission demand","Rejects Armenian cultural-heritage allegations and demands a UNESCO mission to Armenia, restoration/protection of claimed Azerbaijani heritage and respect for Azerbaijan's territorial integrity. [71]"],["2025-07-04","Multilingual heritage book launch","Reports the launch of 'Dashlari toplamaq vaxtidir' at Baku Marriott Hotel Boulevard; publication supported by PASHA Life, with WAC participation, in Azerbaijani–English, Azerbaijani–Russian and English–Turkish versions, covering history, monuments, maps and arts. [72]"]],"collapsible":false,"summary_count":{"value":5,"unit":"records"}},{"caption":"Cemetery-study categories claimed in the 7 January 2026 interview","columns":["Claimed category","Number","Status"],"rows":[["Roads","12","Chair’s unaudited classification. [1]"],["Housing","16","Chair’s unaudited classification."],["Agricultural fields","56","Chair’s unaudited classification."],["Vandalism","67","Chair’s unaudited classification."],["Industrial sites","4","Chair’s unaudited classification."],["Military fortifications","5","Chair’s unaudited classification."],["Construction work","32","Chair’s unaudited classification."],["Reburial as Armenian cemeteries","6","Chair’s unaudited classification."],["Reservoirs","3","Chair’s unaudited classification."],["Total in the claimed study","201","Categories sum to the reported denominator; not a verified destruction count."]],"collapsible":true,"summary_count":{"value":9,"unit":"reported categories"}}]},{"id":"monuments","heading":"Churches and monument-series articles","paragraphs":["The located series records preserve current identifications, source labels, attributed claims and full-text access status. Uncertain identifications remain visible."],"tables":[{"caption":"All 19 located series records","columns":["WAC publication date","Monument / WAC label","What WAC asserts; evidence status"],"rows":[["2026-09-21","Khor Virap / source label: Aselişad / Xorvirab məbədi","Identifies it as an Armenian-Kipchak Turkic Christian temple, attributes Tiridates III to that category, and says promotion as an Armenian sacred centre dates only to the Soviet period. [73]"],["2026-09-22","Odzun church / source label: Uzunlar məbədi","Calls it an Albanian-Turkic temple; claims renaming from Uzunlar to Odzun in 1967 Armenianized it and that successive restorations, including 2012–2014 with Milan Polytechnic specialists, added Armenian elements. [74]"],["2026-09-23","Areni church / source label: Arpa məbədi","Calls it an Albanian-Turkic Christian temple and alleges that restorations in 1967–1972 and 1998 added Armenian Gregorian elements; uses local population and renaming claims to deny an original Armenian identity. [75]"],["2026-09-25","Geghard monastery / source label: Gerqaç (Əyrivəng, Yuxarıvəng, Geğart) məbədi","Calls it an Albanian-Turkic Christian temple with Muslim-Turkic architectural elements; treats its several names as Turkic and says it began being presented as an Armenian religious monument only in the Soviet period. [76]"],["2026-09-25","Aruch cathedral / source label: Talış məbədi","Calls the seventh-century church Albanian Christian; alleges that 1946–1948 restoration added Armenian elements and Gregorianized/Armenianized the building. [77]"],["2026-09-28","Noravank monastery / source label: Amağu (Anabat) məbədi","Calls it Albanian Christian, describes the Orbelian patrons as Turkic, attributes rebuilding to Ilkhanid rulers, and says Armenian residents arrived in the neighbouring village only after 1988. [78]"],["2026-09-30","Selim / Orbelian / Vardenyats caravanserai / source label: Şah Abbas (Səlim) karvansarası","Says Shah Abbas was its original name and an Arabic inscription dates construction to 1325–1326 under Abu Sa'id Bahadur; calls Armenian attribution to an Orbelian prince in 1332 and the modern Vardenyats name falsifications. [79]"],["2026-09-30","Kara Koyunlu / Emir Pir Husein mausoleum, Argavand / source label: Cəfərabad (Pir Hüseyn) türbəsi","Claims it is Azerbaijani heritage and rejects both Armenian and Turkmen attribution, including the existing sign identifying the Kara Koyunlu Turkmens. [80]"],["2026-10-01","Blue Mosque, Yerevan / source label: Göy məscid","Claims Azerbaijani ownership, rejects its presentation as Persian/Iranian heritage, and alleges historical arson and post-restoration reassignment to Iranian cultural use. Historical allegations are unverified here. [81]"],["2026-10-02","Modern identification unresolved / source label: Ərqazan məbədi","Calls the temple near Ərgəz Albanian Christian and argues that names in inscriptions establish Turkic origin; alleges damage in 1918 and Armenianization through 1950s–1960s restoration. [82]"],["2026-10-06","Haghpat monastery / source label: Ağbat məbədi","Calls it Albanian Christian, dates the church to architect Trdat in 976, and alleges Armenian elements were inserted in a 1950 restoration; says the village's first Armenians arrived in the nineteenth century. [83]"],["2026-10-08","Shativank monastery / source label: Şadıvəng","Calls it Albanian Christian and relates its name to Turkic tribes; alleges destruction during 1918 violence and claims the village's first Armenians arrived in 1828–1829. [84]"],["2026-10-09","Monastery near Herher; exact dedication unresolved / source label: Her-Her (Qoşavəng) məbədi","Calls the double church Albanian Christian and eighth–ninth century; interprets place names and ram-shaped gravestones as Turkic and says Armenian settlement began in the 1880s. [85]"],["2026-10-19","Avan cathedral / source label: Avan məbədi","Calls the 592–598 church Albanian Christian and alleges twentieth-century restorations added Armenian elements and fabricated Armenian inscriptions. The article's geographic description and Avan identification have not been independently reconciled. [86]"],["2026-10-20","Dvin palace and church remains / source label: Dvin sarayı və mədədi","Official index title located; full WAC article unavailable. No detailed claim assigned from the title. [87]"],["2026-10-21","Sevanavank monastery / source label: Sivəng məbədi","Official index title located; full WAC article unavailable. No detailed claim assigned from the title. [87]"],["2026-10-22","Noratus church/cemetery / source label: Nərədüz məbədi və qəbirüstü abidələr","Calls the church Albanian Christian and interprets thirteenth-century cross-stones beside fourteenth-century Muslim tombs as conversion of a local Armenian-Kipchak population; says Armenian settlement began in 1830. [88]"],["2026-10-23","Hovhannavank monastery / source label: Xanavəng məbədi","Calls it a Turkic Christian temple; alleges 1940–1948 restoration inserted Armenian elements and interprets personal names in inscriptions as evidence of Turkic origin. [89]"],["2026-10-26","Sanahin monastery / source label: Sənain məbədi","Attributes its earliest surviving church to Greek monks in 951, alleges a 1940 restoration inserted Armenian elements, and says the village's first Armenians arrived in the nineteenth century. [90]"]],"collapsible":false,"summary_count":{"value":19,"unit":"articles"}}]},{"id":"church-statements","heading":"Statements about churches and heritage bodies","paragraphs":["Dated statements concerning the Armenian Apostolic Church, Monumentwatch, mosques and international heritage institutions. Original texts and contemporary reproductions are distinguished."],"tables":[{"caption":"Located heritage and religious-institution statements","columns":["Date","Target / subject","WAC’s recorded position and source status"],"rows":[["26 September 2024","Armenian heritage allegations / UNESCO","Rejects the allegations and demands a UNESCO mission to Armenia. Original WAC text reviewed. [71]"],["1 November 2024","UNESCO","A dated archive title criticizes UNESCO. Full statement unavailable; no detailed position or threat coding inferred. [95]"],["9 February 2025","Tepebashi Mosque, Yerevan","Alleges insulting use of the remains, demands restoration/protection and international pressure on Armenia. Content from contemporary statement reproduction. [94]"],["23 April 2025","Armenian Apostolic Church / Monumentwatch / Warsaw exhibition","Accuses the two bodies of threats and slander, calls Monumentwatch extremist, alleges 268 of 269 registered mosques and more than 500 cemeteries were destroyed, and calls for pressure on Armenia. The destruction figures are allegations. WAC index plus reproduced statement. [91] [92]"],["24 May 2025","Iravan Qaziliq / Blue Mosque","Welcomes the religious-administration restoration and demands access and heritage restoration. Uses approximately 300 mosques and more than 500 cemeteries, a different mosque denominator from April. Original WAC text reviewed. [69]"],["25 May 2025","Armenian Apostolic Church’s 23 May statement","Accuses the church of racial hatred and politicization, and calls on the international community to condemn it. WAC index plus APA reproduction. [91] [93]"]],"collapsible":false,"summary_count":{"value":6,"unit":"records"}}]},{"id":"rhetoric","heading":"Coercive and hostile language","paragraphs":["Reviewed wording is classified by speaker and document type. Interviews and formal institutional statements remain separate. This register is a documented sample."],"tables":[{"caption":"Seven reviewed rhetoric records","columns":["Date and speaker / document","Recorded content","Descriptive classification"],"rows":[["2024-06-18 / WAC institutional statement","Condemns the French CAESAR artillery sale and demands that Armenia end its large-scale armament programme.","Arms-policy condemnation and demand [96]"],["2025-01-10 / Aziz Alekberli, WAC chair; Report interview republished by WAC","Links acceptance of the campaign to Armenians’ ability to remain in the region and warns against forcing Azerbaijan to seek alternative routes. Also asserts peaceful intentions.","Conditional coercion; unspecified alternatives [97]"],["2025-02-10 / WAC institutional statement","Demands that Armenia halt its armament programme and return heavy and modern offensive weapons to the seller. The same statement says there is no military threat against Armenia and asserts respect for territorial integrity.","Disarmament demand [98]"],["2025-02-27 / Aziz Alekberli, reported by the event organizer Baku Engineering University","The university attributes to him confidence in having the strength to return to every inch of the lands said to have been lost.","Territorial language invoking strength [35]"],["2026-01-07 / Aziz Alekberli, interview with Xalq qezeti","Warns that the nation/state responsible for alleged heritage crimes will pay heavily; agent and method unspecified.","Collective retribution rhetoric [1]"],["2026-09-16 / WAC institutional statement","Alleges fabricated history and a toxic ideology and points to the consequences of previous Armenian policy before calling on Armenian society to abandon Miatsum and avoid provocations.","Warning invoking past consequences [99]"],["2026-09-19 / Aziz Alekberli, Moderator.az interview republished by WAC","Describes the existence of Armenia and Armenians in the South Caucasus as the greatest threat to peace/security; says claimed return will occur regardless of Armenian wishes and refusal of a peaceful path legitimizes alternative means.","Conditional nonpeaceful alternatives; collective hostility [100]"]],"collapsible":false,"summary_count":{"value":7,"unit":"reviewed records"}}]},{"id":"catalog","heading":"Heritage catalog","paragraphs":["All 71 linked entries in the retrieved catalog snapshot are retained, including descriptions, title/image records and unavailable target pages. Mixed objects and overlaps prevent a unique-monument total."],"tables":[{"caption":"71 catalog entries and access status","columns":["Entry / source label","Evidence status","Source claim or limitation"],"rows":[["HG01 · Ağadədə ziyarətgahı","Description reviewed","Claims the multi-faith Aghadede shrine near Qulucan was destroyed and gravestones broken after 1988. [101]"],["HG02 · Ağbulaq qəbiristanlıqları","Description reviewed","Describes several Azerbaijani cemeteries around Aghberk and alleges their destruction after the departure of residents. Record flags: group entry multiple objects. [102]"],["HG03 · Ağnatun kəndində müsəlman-türk türbəsi (XIII-XIV əsrlər)","Description reviewed","Describes a damaged thirteenth–fourteenth-century Muslim Turkic tomb at Aghnatun and alleges it is presented as Armenian. [103]"],["HG04 · Ağudi qəbirüstü abidəsi (VII əsr) / Aghitu funerary monument","Description reviewed","Describes the seventh-century Aghitu funerary monument as Turkic heritage and claims the village had no Armenians before 1988. [104]"],["HG05 · Arzuman körpüsü","Target page unavailable","No descriptive claim admitted from the available text. [105]"],["HG06 · Aşağı Talın kəndində qala (XII əsr)","Description reviewed","Attributes a fortress inscription dated 1174 to a Shaddadid prince and describes restored structures at Lower Talin. [106]"],["HG07 · Aşağı Talın qalası ətrafında tikilən qala divarları (XIX əsr)","Description reviewed","Describes nineteenth-century outer walls and the surviving internal fortifications and church as components of the Lower Talin complex. Record flags: component of catalog 46. [107]"],["HG08 · Aşıq Ələsgərin qəbirüstü abidəsi (XX əsr)","Title/image only","No descriptive claim admitted from the available text. [108]"],["HG09 · Avan məbədi / Avan cathedral","Target page unavailable","No descriptive claim admitted from the available text. [109]"],["HG10 · Axtala qalası","Target page unavailable","No descriptive claim admitted from the available text. [110]"],["HG11 · Balıqlı kənd məscidi (XVIII-XIX əsrlər)","Title/image only","No descriptive claim admitted from the available text. [111]"],["HG12 · Buğakar piri (IX əsr)","Target page unavailable","No descriptive claim admitted from the available text. [112]"],["HG13 · Cəfərabad (Pir Hüseyn) türbəsi (XV əsr)","Target page unavailable","No descriptive claim admitted from the available text. [113]"],["HG14 · Çətirli/Dəmirbulaq məscidi / Demirbulaq mosque, Yerevan","Description reviewed","Alleges Demirbulaq mosque was burned in February 1988, demolished in 1990 and replaced by housing; also alleges two neighbourhood mosques were destroyed in 1930. Record flags: shared Demirbulaq Korpuqulagi alias but conflicting chronology do not merge without review. [114]"],["HG15 · Çırpılı karvansarası (X-XI əsrlər)","Description reviewed","Describes a tenth–eleventh-century caravanserai and says the surrounding village was submerged by the Akhurian/Arpachay reservoir project in 1970. [115]"],["HG16 · Cul körpüsü (XIII əsr)","Description reviewed","Describes a thirteenth-century bridge near Jul, reportedly used until the 1970s. [116]"],["HG17 · Dədəli körpüsü","Target page unavailable","No descriptive claim admitted from the available text. [117]"],["HG18 · Dəmirbulaq körpüsü (XVII–XVIII əsrlər)","Target page unavailable","No descriptive claim admitted from the available text. [118]"],["HG19 · Dəmirbulaq məscidi (XX əsr) / Demirbulaq/Korpuqulagi mosque, Yerevan","Description reviewed","Describes another Demirbulaq/Korpuqulagi mosque, says it was built in 1909 and destroyed in the 1940s; its chronology conflicts with the other Demirbulaq entry. Record flags: shared Demirbulaq Korpuqulagi alias but conflicting chronology do not merge without review. [119]"],["HG20 · Göy mələkləri məbədi","Target page unavailable","No descriptive claim admitted from the available text. [120]"],["HG21 · Göy məscid (XVIII əsr) / Blue Mosque, Yerevan","Description reviewed","Attributes Blue Mosque construction to Huseyn Ali Khan, begun in 1760 and completed in 1765; this differs from the 1764 date in other WAC texts. [121]"],["HG22 · Gürcü karvansarası (XIX əsr)","Title/image only","No descriptive claim admitted from the available text. [122]"],["HG23 · Hacı Novruzəli bəy məscidi (XVIII əsr)","Title/image only","No descriptive claim admitted from the available text. [123]"],["HG24 · İrəvan Müəllimlər Seminaryasının binası (XIX əsr)","Title/image only","No descriptive claim admitted from the available text. [124]"],["HG25 · İrəvan qalası (XVI əsr) / Yerevan fortress","Description reviewed","Attributes Yerevan fortress to a 1504 Safavid order and alleges gradual dismantling after 1864, ending in complete destruction in the 1930s. [125]"],["HG26 · İrəvan qalasının işğalı. (1827-ci il, 1 oktyabr) Frans Rubonun 1886-cı ildə çəkdiyi rəsm","Target page unavailable","No descriptive claim admitted from the available text. Record flags: artwork representation not separate physical monument. [126]"],["HG27 · İrəvanda Göy məscid, 1760-1766-cı illər. Fransız rəssamı Fredrik Dyubua de Monperenin 1833-cü ildə çəkdiyi rəsm / Drawing of Blue Mosque by Dubois de Montpereux","Description reviewed","Describes a Dubois de Montpereux mosque drawing and its nineteenth-century engraved publication; this is an artwork/documentation record. Record flags: artwork representation not separate physical monument. [127]"],["HG28 · Kasax çayı üzərində tikilmiş körpü (XVII əsr) / Kasagh bridge, Ashtarak","Description reviewed","Describes a seventeenth-century Kasagh bridge, argues its place names establish Turkic Oghuz ownership and claims Armenian mass settlement began in the nineteenth century. [128]"],["HG29 · Kəkilli pir","Description reviewed","Alleges destruction of the Kekilli Muslim shrine and an earlier tomb from which its burial had been moved. [129]"],["HG30 · Ləmbəli körpüləri (XVII–XVIII əsrlər) / Bagratashen–Sadakhlo bridge group","Description reviewed","Describes three bridges linking Lambali/Bagratashen and Sadakhlo, and attributes their destruction to nineteenth-century Russian–Persian wars. Record flags: group entry multiple objects. [130]"],["HG31 · Loru qalası (XI-XII əsrlər)","Title/image only","No descriptive claim admitted from the available text. [131]"],["HG32 · Meğri rayonunun Nüvədi kəndində Hacı Baba türbəsi (XVI əsr)","Title/image only","No descriptive claim admitted from the available text. [132]"],["HG33 · Mirəli ağa türbəsi","Title/image only","No descriptive claim admitted from the available text. [133]"],["HG34 · Mığrı qalası (XI əsr)","Title/image only","No descriptive claim admitted from the available text. [134]"],["HG35 · Ovşar (Əfşar) karvansarası (XVI–XVIII əsrlər)","Title/image only","No descriptive claim admitted from the available text. [135]"],["HG36 · Oxçu (Qafan) qalası (III - IV əsrlər)","Title/image only","No descriptive claim admitted from the available text. [136]"],["HG37 · Qanlıca məbədi","Target page unavailable","No descriptive claim admitted from the available text. [137]"],["HG38 · Qarakilsə qayaüstü təsvirləri ( e.ə. V-II minilliklər)","Description reviewed","Describes prehistoric rock drawings near Sisian and frames the surrounding area as an original Turkic Oghuz homeland. [138]"],["HG39 · Qıpçaq kəndində məbəd (XIII əsr) / Harichavank monastery","Description reviewed","Identifies Harichavank as an Arman-Turkic Christian monastery belonging to Kipchak Turks; alleges renaming in 1946 and Armenian settlement only from the nineteenth century. [139]"],["HG40 · Qırmızı körpü (XVII əsr) / Red Bridge, Yerevan","Description reviewed","Describes Yerevan's Red Bridge as built in 1679 and says disuse after the Victory Bridge led to its deterioration. [140]"],["HG41 · Qız qalası adlı qala-qəsr (XI əsr) / Amberd castle and church","Description reviewed","Identifies the castle and 1026 church with Amberd; interprets names as Turkic and claims Armenian newcomers arrived only in the sixteenth–eighteenth centuries. [141]"],["HG42 · Qızılvəng məbədi","Target page unavailable","No descriptive claim admitted from the available text. [142]"],["HG43 · Qoşundaş abidəsi (e.ə II minillik) / Zorats Karer","Description reviewed","Describes the Zorats Karer megaliths as Turkic Oghuz heritage and alleges that the Armenian site name is a translation of Qoshundash. [143]"],["HG44 · Rəcəb Paşa məscidi (XVIII əsr)","Target page unavailable","No descriptive claim admitted from the available text. [144]"],["HG45 · Şah Abbas/Səlim karvansarası (XIV əsr)","Title/image only","No descriptive claim admitted from the available text. [145]"],["HG46 · Sal-sal qalası (Orta əsrlər)","Title/image only","No descriptive claim admitted from the available text. [146]"],["HG47 · Şəki kəndində şəlalə","Title/image only","No descriptive claim admitted from the available text. Record flags: natural feature not architectural monument. [147]"],["HG48 · Sənain körpüsü (XIII əsr)","Title/image only","No descriptive claim admitted from the available text. [148]"],["HG49 · Sərdar məscidi (XIX əsr) / Sardar / Abbas Mirza mosque","Description reviewed","Describes Sardar/Abbas Mirza mosque, dating it to the 1810s, and alleges gradual demolition ending in November 2014. Record flags: probable duplicate Sardar Abbas Mirza mosque with conflicting century labels. [149]"],["HG50 · Sərdar məscidi (XVI əsr) / Sardar / Abbas Mirza mosque","Description reviewed","Describes Sardar/Abbas Mirza mosque under a sixteenth-century catalog title and likewise alleges destruction of its final wall in November 2014. Record flags: probable duplicate Sardar Abbas Mirza mosque with conflicting century labels. [150]"],["HG51 · Sərdar sarayı (XVI əsr) / Sardar Palace, Yerevan","Description reviewed","Attributes Sardar Palace to Toqmaq Khan in 1578, later Qajar construction, restoration by Mirza Gadim Iravani and complete destruction in 1914; says portraits went to Georgia. [151]"],["HG52 · Sərdar sarayının qəbul köşkü (XVIII əsr) / Sardar Palace reception pavilion","Description reviewed","Describes the eighteenth-century reception pavilion and its paintings as a component of Sardar Palace. Record flags: component of catalog 91. [152]"],["HG53 · Sərdarabad qalası (XIX əsr)","Description reviewed","Attributes Sardarabad fortress to Huseyn Quli Khan, circa 1807–1826, and describes destruction following Russian seizure. [153]"],["HG54 · Sərtib xan məscidi","Target page unavailable","No descriptive claim admitted from the available text. [154]"],["HG55 · Sivəng qalası və məbədi (IX əsr) / Sevanavank fortress/monastery","Title/image only","No descriptive claim admitted from the available text. [155]"],["HG56 · Sınıq karvansara (XIV əsr)","Title/image only","No descriptive claim admitted from the available text. [156]"],["HG57 · Soylan körpüsü (XVII əsr)","Title/image only","No descriptive claim admitted from the available text. [157]"],["HG58 · Tatev məbədi (IX-X əsrlər) / Tatev monastery","Title/image only","No descriptive claim admitted from the available text. [158]"],["HG59 · Teğər məbədi / Tegher monastery","Target page unavailable","No descriptive claim admitted from the available text. [159]"],["HG60 · Teyşebaini qalası","Target page unavailable","No descriptive claim admitted from the available text. [160]"],["HG61 · Təkyə kəndində müsəlman türbəsi (XVI-XVII əsrlər)","Description reviewed","Claims a Muslim tomb at Takiya demonstrates Azerbaijani ownership of the village and describes damage to its door and Arabic inscription. [161]"],["HG62 · Təpəbaşı məhəlləsində məscid (XVII əsr) / Tepebashi/Kond mosque","Description reviewed","Describes the Tepebashi mosque's lost dome/minaret and housing built in and around it; states that its precise construction date is unknown. [162]"],["HG63 · Tovuzqala qalası (X əsr) / Tavush fortress / Berd","Description reviewed","Describes Tavush fortress as Caucasian Albanian and its name as Turkic, noting the modern name Berd. [163]"],["HG64 · Uluxanlı məktəbi (XIX əsr) / Ulukhany/Ulukhanli school","Description reviewed","Describes Ulukhanli school, founded in 1881, and says its activity ended after 1988. [164]"],["HG65 · Urud abidələri (XV–XVII əsrlər) / Vorotan/Urud cemetery","Description reviewed","Claims Vorotan/Urud cemetery contained thirteen chest-shaped and four ram-shaped gravestones, attributes them to Muslim Albanian Turks and alleges complete destruction after 1988. Record flags: group entry multiple objects. [165]"],["HG66 · Urud qalası (V əsr)","Title/image only","No descriptive claim admitted from the available text. [166]"],["HG67 · Xan evi","Title/image only","No descriptive claim admitted from the available text. [167]"],["HG68 · Yerəyurk məbədi / Yereruyk basilica","Target page unavailable","No descriptive claim admitted from the available text. [168]"],["HG69 · Zal xan məscidi (XVII əsr)","Title/image only","No descriptive claim admitted from the available text. [169]"],["HG70 · Zəngi çayı / Hrazdan / Zangi river","Title/image only","No descriptive claim admitted from the available text. Record flags: natural feature not architectural monument. [170]"],["HG71 · Zərrab xan (Zalxana, Sərrafxana) karvansarası (XVII əsr)","Target page unavailable","No descriptive claim admitted from the available text. [171]"]],"collapsible":true,"summary_count":{"value":71,"unit":"catalog entries"}}]},{"id":"history","heading":"Earlier records and organizational history","paragraphs":["Predecessor-era publications and records before 2022 appear alongside the association’s later renaming and state support. Source dates and evidence limits remain explicit."],"tables":[{"caption":"Chronology and the status of the evidence","columns":["Date","Recorded development","Evidence and limit"],"rows":[["28 December 1989; 2 February 1992; 5 September 2014","The organization’s own history dates the predecessor’s founding, first state registration and later re-registration to these dates.","Retrospective institutional account. [5]"],["2006","Alekberli’s book-album, published by Ağrıdağ, Baku, cataloged at 228 pages.","Alekberli’s personal publication; not evidence of activity by the association. [6]"],["2007","Alekberli’s book-album, published by Nurlan, Baku, cataloged at 272 pages. Its title/copyright pages identify a Culture and Tourism Ministry commission and predecessor-society chair Abbas Safarov as a reviewer.","Alekberli’s personal publication; not evidence of activity by the association. [7] [8]"],["3 March 2019","A 2025 biography dates creation of a WAC structure within the predecessor society to this day.","Retrospective biography; the 2019 resolution was not obtained. [9]"],["6 October 2019","A contemporary report describes selection of five students for announced support of AZN 100 monthly for five months, across four named admission institutions.","Reported board decision; no payment records or university partnerships established. [10]"],["2 April 2021 issue","ANAS’s Elm newspaper lists the predecessor society among co-organizers of a virtual Ashig Alasgar bicentenary conference.","Academy-owned publication; exact event date unresolved in the extracted text. [11]"],["25 May 2021","A contemporary report documents a Sumgait meeting under the combined predecessor and WAC names.","Publication date; no headcount. [12]"],["5 December 2021","An online commemoration is reported under both organizational names, with MPs, scholars and domestic/overseas representatives.","Reported event; published 6 December. No total attendance. [13]"],["3 August 2022","The association’s history records adoption of its current name and a new charter.","Association-wide renaming, distinct from the earlier internal structure. [5]"],["24 December 2022","Aliyev’s headquarters speech records provision of a building and calls for conferences, diaspora cooperation, foreign outreach and digital publications.","Direct presidential support and a stated agenda. [14]"]],"collapsible":false,"summary_count":{"value":10,"unit":"records"}}]},{"id":"coverage","heading":"Coverage and counting limits","paragraphs":["The statement-category retrieval yielded 321 visible rows across 27 cached pagination pages, dated 27 January 2023 to 25 September 2026. They reduce to 286 distinct date-and-heading keys, but headings are usually truncated and snapshots overlap. Neither number is a defensible total of unique statements. The index can omit material later visible in search, and a listing row does not establish that the full text was reviewed.","The meeting/conference retrieval yielded 72 meeting rows and 84 conference rows from 13 readable pages out of 19 attempted. Meeting pages 4, 7, 8 and 10, and conference pages 8 and 9, were unavailable. These are article-index rows, not deduplicated activities; a conference can generate several reports.","The December 2025 annual assembly and July 2026 half-year meeting report that activity reports were presented, but the retrieved articles do not attach a complete numerical event register. No complete all-period count of meetings, universities, schools, statements about churches or aggressive statements can therefore be asserted. Reported totals, the named institution registers and the searchable index serve different evidentiary purposes. [172] [173]"],"tables":[{"caption":"Coverage of the monitored record","columns":["Record set","Count","Meaning"],"rows":[["Universities with documented institutional activity","12","Named minimum, including five established centers; not 12 partnerships."],["Named general schools in core institutional sources","10","Seven completed lesson/presentation sites, one announced host, two ministry campaign sites. A further bylined school record is listed separately."],["Heritage catalog","71 entries","31 descriptions, 23 title/image records, 17 unavailable pages; mixed objects and overlaps."],["Located monument-series articles","19","17 official article texts and two official index-only records."],["Rhetoric register","7 reviewed records","A documented sample, not a count of all hostile statements."],["Statement archive snapshots","321 rows on 27 pages","Overlapping/truncated index records; not unique statements."],["Meeting/conference snapshots","72 / 84 rows","13 readable pages; six unavailable. Not unique events."]],"collapsible":false,"summary_count":{"value":7,"unit":"record sets"}}]}],"sources":[{"id":1,"title":"Xalq qəzeti. Interview with WAC chair Aziz Alekberli, 7 January 2026, p. 10. Cumulative figures are the interviewee’s own account.","url":"https://xalqqazeti.az/az/musahibe/250618-qerbi-azerbaycanda-kutlevi-vandalizm-etnik"},{"id":2,"title":"Milli Majlis. Official parliamentary transcript, 14 March 2025, printed p. 57: Alekberli’s retrospective figures.","url":"https://meclis.gov.az/documents/14.03.2025.pdf"},{"id":3,"title":"Ministry of Science and Education of Azerbaijan. Report on work done in 2024, thematic school Olympiad figures.","url":"https://edu.gov.az/accessibility/hesabatlar/azerbaycan-respublikasi-elm-ve-tehsil-nazirliyinin-2024-cu-ilde-gorulmus-islere-dair-hesabati"},{"id":4,"title":"Ministry of Science and Education of Azerbaijan. 2025 calendar year in figures, 30 December 2025; canonical article.","url":"https://edu.gov.az/az/announcements/22719-1"},{"id":5,"title":"Western Azerbaijan Community. General Information. Undated institutional history; accessed 28 October 2026.","url":"https://westaz.org/en/%C4%B0CMA/umumi-melumat"},{"id":6,"title":"Presidential Library. Aziz Alekberli, Qərbi Azərbaycan abidələri, 2006 edition.","url":"https://www.preslib.az/az/book/ctllgRVqZUyBu0m"},{"id":7,"title":"Presidential Library. Aziz Alekberli, Qərbi Azərbaycan abidələri, 2007 edition.","url":"https://www.preslib.az/az/book/tTH3XbU80AR7sx5"},{"id":8,"title":"Qərbi Azərbaycan abidələri. Accessible 2007 title/copyright pages and introduction; file length differs from catalog pagination.","url":"https://western-azerbaijan.az/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Q%C9%99rbi-Az%C9%99rbaycan-abid%C9%99l%C9%99ri.pdf"},{"id":9,"title":"Xalq qəzeti, 5 October 2025. Alekberli biography, national-library reproduction.","url":"https://www.anl.az/down/meqale/xalqqazeti/2025/oktyabr/970555%28meqale%29.pdf"},{"id":10,"title":"AzEdu, 7 October 2019. Report of the 6 October scholarship-selection decision, with board/chair remarks; secondary contemporary source.","url":"https://azedu.az/az/news/20157/besh-qachqin-telebeye-teqaud-verilecek-"},{"id":11,"title":"ANAS. Elm newspaper, 2 April 2021. Azerbaijan Refugees Society named as conference co-organizer; WAC involvement and legal continuity unconfirmed.","url":"https://science.gov.az/uploads/pdf/139_1621328626.pdf"},{"id":12,"title":"Böyük Millət, 25 May 2021. Report of Alekberli’s meeting with Sumgait activists; secondary contemporary source.","url":"https://boyukmillet.com/deputat-%C9%99ziz-%C9%99l%C9%99kb%C9%99rli-q%C9%99rbi-az%C9%99rbaycan-icmasinin-sumqayit-f%C9%99allari-il%C9%99-gorusub/"},{"id":13,"title":"Qarabağinfo, 6 December 2021. Report of the combined organizations’ online event on 5 December; secondary contemporary source.","url":"https://qarabaginfo.az/karusel/25671-azrbaycan-qacqnlar-cmiyyti-v-qrbi-azrbaycan-cmas-tdbir-kecirib.html"},{"id":14,"title":"President of Azerbaijan. Speech at the meeting with a group of intellectuals from Western Azerbaijan. 24 December 2022.","url":"https://president.az/en/articles/view/58470"},{"id":15,"title":"WAC. Böyük yolun davamı conference report, Baku State University, event 22 December 2025; official indexed text.","url":"https://westaz.org/az/xeber/print/boyuk-yolun-davami-movzusunda-konfrans-kecirilib"},{"id":16,"title":"WAC. Festival-congress opening report, published 22 June 2024, event 21 June; chair’s cumulative figures.","url":"https://westaz.org/az/xeber/qerbi-azerbaycana-qayidis-festival-konqresi-oz-isine-baslayib"},{"id":17,"title":"WAC. Alekberli interview reproduced from İki sahil, 27 January 2025.","url":"https://westaz.org/az/xeber/bu-qayidisin-qarsisini-almaq-ne-ermenistanin-ne-de-onun-havadarlarinin-gucunde-deyil-eziz-elekberli"},{"id":18,"title":"WAC. Year-end General Assembly, 21 December 2024; reported honorary membership figures.","url":"https://www.westaz.org/az/xeber/qerbi-azerbaycan-icmasinin-cari-ilin-yekunlarina-dair-umumi-yigincagi-kecirilib"},{"id":19,"title":"WAC. Board meeting on 3 February 2026, published 4 February; council figures.","url":"https://www.westaz.org/az/xeber/qerbi-azerbaycan-icmasi-idare-heyetinin-iclasinda-2026-ci-il-ucun-fealiyyet-istiqametleri-mueyyenlesdirilib"},{"id":20,"title":"WAC. Third International Conference final document, dated 5 December 2025, posted 13 December.","url":"https://westaz.org/az/xeber/iii-beynelxalq-konfransin-yekun-senedi"},{"id":21,"title":"Arzu Abdullayev, Nakhchivan State University vice-rector. Signed organizer account in Azərbaycan, 25 June 2024.","url":"https://azerbaijan-news.az/az/posts/detail/qarabaga-qayidis-qerbi-azerbaycana-qayidisin-mujdesidir-1719265273"},{"id":22,"title":"Cavadxan Qasimov, NDU. Signed account in 525-ci qəzet, 25 June 2024: 7 streams, 24 sections, more than 300 papers.","url":"https://525.az/news/265641-qerbi-azerbaycana-qayidis-festival-konqresi-ve-milli-qururumuz"},{"id":23,"title":"WAC Women’s Council. Online-conference appeal, event 1 March 2025, published 2 March.","url":"https://www.westaz.org/en/xeber/qerbi-azerbaycan-icmasi-qadinlar-surasinin-qacqinliq-ve-qadinlar-movzusunda-teskil-etdiyi-ve-12-olkeden-50-ye-yaxin-qadin-fealin-qatildigi-beynelxalq-onlayn-konfransinda-beynelxalq-ictimaiyyete-muraciet-qebul-edilmisdir"},{"id":24,"title":"ANAS Institute of Folklore. Second Republican Scientific-Practical Conference report, 26 December 2025; official indexed text.","url":"https://folklor.az/az/news/549"},{"id":25,"title":"United Nations. A/77/706–S/2023/43. Letter dated 17 January 2023 from Azerbaijan's permanent representative; annexed WAC appeal dated 12 January 2023.","url":"https://documents.un.org/doc/undoc/gen/n23/020/51/pdf/n2302051.pdf"},{"id":26,"title":"Azerbaijan's Permanent Mission to the United Nations. Letters dated 22 February 2023 transmitting the Return Concept. Combined copy of E/2023/53 and A/77/801–S/2023/134; distributed 14 March 2023.","url":"https://un.mfa.gov.az/files/shares/Letters/77session/Letter%20dated%2022%20February%202023%20from%20the%20Permanent%20Representative.pdf"},{"id":27,"title":"State Committee on Work with Diaspora of Azerbaijan. Meeting at the fifth Summer Camp of Diaspora Youth. 6 August 2024.","url":"https://diaspor.gov.az/en/news-detail/diaspor-genclerinin-v-yay-dusergesinde-qerbi-azerbaycanlilarla-gorus-olub-4980"},{"id":28,"title":"ICESCO. ICESCO and Western Azerbaijan Community Explore Avenues to Strengthen Cooperation in Heritage Preservation. 30 April 2025; meeting held 29 April.","url":"https://icesco.org/en/2025/04/30/icesco-and-western-azerbaijan-community-explore-avenues-to-strengthen-cooperation-in-heritage-preservation/"},{"id":29,"title":"President of Azerbaijan. Address to the Ankara conference on return and human rights. Published 21 May 2025; signed 19 May.","url":"https://president.az/en/articles/view/68864"},{"id":30,"title":"Organization of Islamic Cooperation. Resolution 66/51-POL in the adopted political resolutions of the 51st Council of Foreign Ministers. 21–22 June 2025, printed pp. 187–188; official Union of OIC News Agencies mirror.","url":"https://una-oic.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Resolutions-of-the-Political-Affairs.pdf#page=188"},{"id":31,"title":"Baku State University. RWA-2026 conference information. Conference dates listed as 3–4 June 2026; accessed 28 October 2026. Azerbaijani.","url":"https://rwa2026.bsu.edu.az/az/about"},{"id":32,"title":"Western Azerbaijan Community. Report of the RWA-2026 opening ceremony. 3 June 2026. Azerbaijani.","url":"https://westaz.org/az/xeber/print/qerbi-azerbaycana-qayidis-milli-ideyanin-yeni-merhelesi-kimi-movzusunda-i-beynelxalq-elmi-konfransin-acilis-merasimi-kecirilib"},{"id":33,"title":"Baku State University. Institutional activity/center record; publication and event dates distinguished in the source register.","url":"https://www.old.muallim.edu.az/news.php?id=26938"},{"id":34,"title":"Azerbaijan State Pedagogical University. Institutional activity/center record; publication and event dates distinguished in the source register.","url":"https://adpu-westaz.org/index.php?do=static&page=haqqimizda"},{"id":35,"title":"Baku Engineering University. “We will return!” conference, jointly organized with Azerbaijan State Pedagogical University and WAC. 27 February 2025.","url":"https://beu.edu.az/az/article/bmu-da-biz-qayidacagiq-adli-elmi-praktiki-konfrans-kecirilib-2484"},{"id":36,"title":"Baku Slavic University. Institutional activity/center record; publication and event dates distinguished in the source register.","url":"https://bsu-uni.edu.az/News/Details/114"},{"id":37,"title":"Nakhchivan State University. Institutional activity/center record; publication and event dates distinguished in the source register.","url":"https://ndu.edu.az/index.php/xeberler/naxcivanda-qerbi-azerbaycana-qayidis-festival-konqresi-kecirilir"},{"id":38,"title":"Azerbaijan State University of Economics (UNEC). Institutional activity/center record; publication and event dates distinguished in the source register.","url":"https://unec.edu.az/2222/"},{"id":39,"title":"Azerbaijan State University of Economics (UNEC). Additional institutional record for the documented activity.","url":"https://news.unec.edu.az/xeber/133-muellim/14864-unec-in-muelliminin-gerbi-azerbaycan-adli-ferdi-yaradicilig-sergisi-kechirilib"},{"id":40,"title":"Azerbaijan Technology University. Institutional activity/center record; publication and event dates distinguished in the source register.","url":"https://atu.edu.az/xeber/1153"},{"id":41,"title":"Azerbaijan University of Architecture and Construction. Institutional activity/center record; publication and event dates distinguished in the source register.","url":"https://www.azmiu.edu.az/az/pages/254"},{"id":42,"title":"Azerbaijan University of Architecture and Construction. Additional institutional record for the documented activity.","url":"https://azmiu.edu.az/upload/ckeditor/1417646970.pdf"},{"id":43,"title":"Lankaran State University. Institutional activity/center record; publication and event dates distinguished in the source register.","url":"https://lsu.edu.az/new/NewsLister/index.php?id=799&page=details"},{"id":44,"title":"Azerbaijan University of Languages. Institutional activity/center record; publication and event dates distinguished in the source register.","url":"https://westaz.org/az/xeber/print/azerbaycan-diller-universitetinde-qerbi-azerbaycan-arasdirmalar-merkezi-istifadeye-verilib"},{"id":45,"title":"Sumgait State University. Institutional activity/center record; publication and event dates distinguished in the source register.","url":"https://mail.sdu.edu.az/az/news/3985"},{"id":46,"title":"Sumgait State University. Additional institutional record for the documented activity.","url":"https://adpu-westaz.org/index.php?newsid=474"},{"id":47,"title":"Azerbaijan State Oil and Industry University. Institutional activity/center record; publication and event dates distinguished in the source register.","url":"https://asoiu.edu.az/single_news/3117"},{"id":48,"title":"Baku Secondary School No.113, Kurdakhani. Institutional education-campaign source.","url":"https://adpu-westaz.org/index.php?newsid=234"},{"id":49,"title":"Hajigabul City Secondary School No.10. Institutional education-campaign source.","url":"https://adpu-westaz.org/index.php?newsid=289"},{"id":50,"title":"T.Baghirov Secondary School No.11, Shirvan. Institutional education-campaign source.","url":"https://westaz.org/az/xeber/qerbi-azerbaycan-azerbaycan-ezeli-torpagidir-movzusunda-aciq-ders-teskil-edilib"},{"id":51,"title":"Bilasuvar City School-Lyceum Specializing in Technical Subjects. Institutional education-campaign source.","url":"https://adpu-westaz.org/index.php?newsid=441"},{"id":52,"title":"Baku Secondary School No.18. Institutional education-campaign source.","url":"https://baku.edu.gov.az/az/page/9/7358"},{"id":53,"title":"Rushan Village Secondary School, Ismayilli. Institutional education-campaign source.","url":"https://arti.edu.az/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/T%C9%99hsil-sistemind%C9%99-usaq-mudafi%C9%99si-v%C9%99-t%C9%99hluk%C9%99sizliyi.pdf"},{"id":54,"title":"Ministry of Science and Education. School presentations at Baku Nos. 32 and 138; date unavailable in retrieved text.","url":"https://edu.gov.az/accessibility/news-and-updates/22611-1"},{"id":55,"title":"Ministry of Science and Education. Regional open lessons and book donations, 29 September 2026; official indexed text.","url":"https://edu.gov.az/az/announcements/23345-1"},{"id":56,"title":"Ministry of Science and Education. Second-stage Olympiad report, 25 May 2024; archived ministry text.","url":"https://edu.gov.az/az/news-and-updates/page/142"},{"id":57,"title":"Azərbaycan müəllimi. Ministry grantees report project outputs, 2 September 2025; official indexed text.","url":"https://www.muallim.edu.az/nazirliyin-qrant-musabiqesinin-qalibleri-layihelerinden-danisdilar"},{"id":58,"title":"Western Azerbaijan Community. Announcement of the school monument-model project. 13 May 2026. Azerbaijani.","url":"https://www.westaz.org/az/xeber/print/mektebliler-qerbi-azerbaycan-abidelerinin-maketini-hazirlayacaqlar"},{"id":59,"title":"Ganja State University. Staff participation in Nakhchivan festival, 24 June 2024.","url":"https://gdu.edu.az/gdu-nun-%C9%99m%C9%99kdaslari-naxcixanda-q%C9%99rbi-az%C9%99rbaycana-qayidis-festival-konqresind%C9%99-istirak-edibl%C9%99r/"},{"id":60,"title":"Ministry of Science and Education. Third Nakhchivan festival report, 18 June 2026.","url":"https://edu.gov.az/az/announcements/23174-1"},{"id":61,"title":"Trend, 14 October 2024. Report of WAC exhibition at SGH Warsaw; secondary contemporary source.","url":"https://az.trend.az/azerbaijan/society/3957093.html"},{"id":62,"title":"Azerbaijan State TV. Ankara conference report, 21 May 2025; carrier of the reported ADA partnership.","url":"https://aztv.az/az/news/90020809/ankarada-qerbi-azerbaycana-qayidis-movzusunda-beynelxalq-konfrans-kecirilib"},{"id":63,"title":"Azerbaijan Medical University. Təbib newspaper, 16 February 2026, p. 3, reporting a 1 February community meeting.","url":"https://amu.edu.az/storage/newspapers/1771393490.Tebib_ID_03_2026.pdf"},{"id":64,"title":"Rovshan Aghayev, İki sahil. Bylined Bilasuvar lesson account, June 2026; separate from an institutional-host report.","url":"https://ikisahil.az/post/647390-qerbi-azerbaycan-ezeli-ve-ebedi-azerbaycan-torpagidir"},{"id":65,"title":"NGO State Support Agency. Meeting at WAC with 2023 competition winners, 29 July 2023.","url":"https://old.ngoagency.gov.az/az/post/631/qerbi-azerbaycan-icmasinda-azerbaycan-respublikasinin-qeyri-hokumet-teskilatlarina-dovlet-desteyi-agentliyinin-qerbi-azerbaycan-meselesi-ile-bagli-qrant-musabiqesinin-qalibi-olan-qht-rehberleri-ile-gorus-kecirilib"},{"id":66,"title":"QHT.az. Report of NGO Agency director’s parliamentary-hearing remarks, 10 March 2025; attributed official figures.","url":"https://qht.az/az/xeber/qht-lere-qerbi-azerbaycanla-bagli-movzuya-gore-667-min-manat-ayrilib-aygun-eliyeva"},{"id":67,"title":"NGO State Support Agency. Thematic NGO work discussion, 6 November 2025; official indexed text.","url":"https://old.ngoagency.gov.az/az/post/1300/qht-ler-qerbi-azerbaycana-qayidis-movzusunda-fealiyyetini-guclendirir"},{"id":68,"title":"WAC. Heritage catalog, 100-entry display snapshot, accessed 28 October 2026. Includes 71 linked display entries of mixed types.","url":"https://westaz.org/az/qerbi-azerbaycan/abideler?show=100"},{"id":69,"title":"WAC / named speaker. Iravan Qaziliq statement, 2025-05-24. Claims are attributed to their publisher.","url":"https://westaz.org/az/xeber/irevan-qaziliginin-fealiyyetinin-berpasi-ile-elaqedar-beyanat"},{"id":70,"title":"WAC / named speaker. Caucasian Albanian heritage working group, 2026-09-22. Claims are attributed to their publisher.","url":"https://westaz.org/az/xeber/qerbi-azerbaycan-icmasinda-indiki-ermenistan-erazisinde-qafqaz-albaniyasinin-medeni-irsinin-oyrenilmesi-uzre-isci-qrupu-yaradilmisdir"},{"id":71,"title":"WAC / named speaker. UNESCO mission demand, 2024-09-26. Claims are attributed to their publisher.","url":"https://westaz.org/az/xeber/ararat-mirzoyanin-azerbaycanda-ermeni-medeni-irsinin-guya-tehluke-altinda-oldugunu-iddia-ederek-seslendirdiyi-texribat-xarakterli-fikirlerle-elaqedar-beyanat"},{"id":72,"title":"WAC / named speaker. Multilingual heritage book launch, 2025-07-04. Claims are attributed to their publisher.","url":"https://westaz.org/az/xeber/daslari-toplamaq-vaxtidir-adli-kitabin-teqdimati-kecirilib"},{"id":73,"title":"WAC. Aselişad / Xorvirab məbədi, 2026-09-21. Monument-series article; attributed claims.","url":"https://westaz.org/az/xeber/qerbi-azerbaycanda-tarixi-abidelerimiz-aselisad-xorvirab-mebedi"},{"id":74,"title":"WAC. Uzunlar məbədi, 2026-09-22. Monument-series article; attributed claims.","url":"https://www.westaz.org/az/xeber/print/qerbi-azerbaycanda-tarixi-abidelerimiz-uzunlar-mebedi"},{"id":75,"title":"WAC. Arpa məbədi, 2026-09-23. Monument-series article; attributed claims.","url":"https://westaz.org/az/xeber/qerbi-azerbaycanda-tarixi-abidelerimiz-arpa-mebedi"},{"id":76,"title":"WAC. Gerqaç (Əyrivəng, Yuxarıvəng, Geğart) məbədi, 2026-09-25. Monument-series article; attributed claims.","url":"https://westaz.org/az/xeber/qerbi-azerbaycanda-tarixi-abidelerimiz-gerqac-mebedi"},{"id":77,"title":"WAC. Talış məbədi, 2026-09-25. Monument-series article; attributed claims.","url":"https://westaz.org/az/xeber/qerbi-azerbaycanda-tarixi-abidelerimiz-talis-mebedi"},{"id":78,"title":"WAC. Amağu (Anabat) məbədi, 2026-09-28. Monument-series article; attributed claims.","url":"https://westaz.org/az/xeber/qerbi-azerbaycanda-tarixi-abidelerimiz-amagu-mebedi"},{"id":79,"title":"WAC. Şah Abbas (Səlim) karvansarası, 2026-09-30. Monument-series article; attributed claims.","url":"https://westaz.org/az/xeber/qerbi-azerbaycanda-tarixi-abidelerimiz-sah-abbas-karvansarasi"},{"id":80,"title":"WAC. Cəfərabad (Pir Hüseyn) türbəsi, 2026-09-30. Monument-series article; attributed claims.","url":"https://westaz.org/az/xeber/qerbi-azerbaycanda-tarixi-abidelerimiz-ceferabad-turbesi"},{"id":81,"title":"WAC. Göy məscid, 2026-10-01. Monument-series article; attributed claims.","url":"https://westaz.org/az/xeber/qerbi-azerbaycanda-tarixi-abidelerimiz-goy-mescid"},{"id":82,"title":"WAC. Ərqazan məbədi, 2026-10-02. Monument-series article; attributed claims.","url":"https://westaz.org/az/xeber/qerbi-azerbaycanda-tarixi-abidelerimiz-erqazan-mebedi"},{"id":83,"title":"WAC. Ağbat məbədi, 2026-10-06. Monument-series article; attributed claims.","url":"https://westaz.org/az/xeber/qerbi-azerbaycanda-tarixi-abidelerimiz-agbat-mebedi"},{"id":84,"title":"WAC. Şadıvəng, 2026-10-08. Monument-series article; attributed claims.","url":"https://westaz.org/az/xeber/qerbi-azerbaycanda-tarixi-abidelerimiz-sadiveng"},{"id":85,"title":"WAC. Her-Her (Qoşavəng) məbədi, 2026-10-09. Monument-series article; attributed claims.","url":"https://westaz.org/az/xeber/qerbi-azerbaycanda-tarixi-abidelerimiz-her-her-mebedi"},{"id":86,"title":"WAC. Avan məbədi, 2026-10-19. Monument-series article; attributed claims.","url":"https://westaz.org/az/xeber/qerbi-azerbaycanda-tarixi-abidelerimiz-avan-mebedi"},{"id":87,"title":"WAC. Dvin sarayı və mədədi, 2026-10-20 (official index only).","url":"https://westaz.org/az/xeberler/xeberler2"},{"id":88,"title":"WAC. Nərədüz məbədi və qəbirüstü abidələr, 2026-10-22. Monument-series article; attributed claims.","url":"https://westaz.org/az/xeber/qerbi-azerbaycanda-tarixi-abidelerimiz-nereduz-mebedi-ve-qebirustu-abideler"},{"id":89,"title":"WAC. Xanavəng məbədi, 2026-10-23. Monument-series article; attributed claims.","url":"https://westaz.org/az/xeber/qerbi-azerbaycanda-tarixi-abidelerimiz-xanaveng-mebedi"},{"id":90,"title":"WAC. Sənain məbədi, 2026-10-26. Monument-series article; attributed claims.","url":"https://westaz.org/az/xeber/qerbi-azerbaycanda-tarixi-abidelerimiz-senain-mebedi"},{"id":91,"title":"WAC. Statements category, page 2; dated index records for the April and May 2025 church statements.","url":"https://westaz.org/az/xeberler/beyanatlar?page=2"},{"id":92,"title":"Səs newspaper, 24 April 2025, p. 5. Reproduction of WAC’s 23 April statement about the Warsaw exhibition, Armenian Apostolic Church and Monumentwatch; secondary carrier of the statement.","url":"https://sesqazeti.az/storage/2025/04/24/24042025.pdf?v1745445620="},{"id":93,"title":"APA, 25 May 2025. Reproduction of WAC statement about the Armenian Apostolic Church and Iravan Qaziliq; secondary carrier, corroborated by WAC index.","url":"https://apa.az/foreign-policy/qai-ermeni-apostol-kilesinin-irevan-qaziligi-ile-bagli-beyanatini-qinayib-901654"},{"id":94,"title":"Trend, 9 February 2025. Reproduction of WAC statement concerning Tepebashi Mosque and demands for international pressure; secondary carrier, corroborated by WAC index.","url":"https://az.trend.az/azerbaijan/politics/4003381.html"},{"id":95,"title":"WAC. Statements archive page 6; truncated UNESCO statement title, 1 November 2024.","url":"https://westaz.org/az/xeberler/beyanatlar?page=6"},{"id":96,"title":"WAC institutional statement, 2024-06-18. Rhetoric record; exact speaker and document type retained.","url":"https://westaz.org/az/xeber/fransanin-ermenistana-silah-satisi-ile-elaqedar-beyanat"},{"id":97,"title":"Aziz Alekberli, WAC chair; Report interview republished by WAC, 2025-01-10. Rhetoric record; exact speaker and document type retained.","url":"https://www.westaz.org/az/xeber/icma-sedri-qerbi-azerbaycana-qayidisla-bagli-ermenileri-sok-surprizler-gozleyir-musahibe"},{"id":98,"title":"WAC institutional statement, 2025-02-10. Rhetoric record; exact speaker and document type retained.","url":"https://westaz.org/en/xeber/nikol-pasinyanin-regional-proseslere-ve-qerbi-azerbaycan-movzusuna-dair-yanlis-esassiz-ve-zererli-fikirler-seslendirmesi-ile-elaqedar-beyanat"},{"id":99,"title":"WAC institutional statement, 2026-09-16. Rhetoric record; exact speaker and document type retained.","url":"https://westaz.org/en/xeber/qerbi-azerbaycan-icmasi-ermeni-cemiyyetini-miatsum-siyasetinden-imtina-etmeye-cagirir"},{"id":100,"title":"Aziz Alekberli, Moderator.az interview republished by WAC, 2026-09-19. Rhetoric record; exact speaker and document type retained.","url":"https://www.westaz.org/az/xeber/qerbi-azerbaycana-qayidis-olmadan-dayaniqli-sulh-mumkun-deyil-millet-vekili"},{"id":101,"title":"WAC heritage catalog. Ağadədə ziyarətgahı; description reviewed. Accessed 28 October 2026.","url":"https://westaz.org/az/person/agadede-ziyaretgahi"},{"id":102,"title":"WAC heritage catalog. Ağbulaq qəbiristanlıqları; description reviewed. Accessed 28 October 2026.","url":"https://westaz.org/az/person/agbulaq-qebiristanliqlari"},{"id":103,"title":"WAC heritage catalog. Ağnatun kəndində müsəlman-türk türbəsi (XIII-XIV əsrlər); description reviewed. Accessed 28 October 2026.","url":"https://westaz.org/az/person/agnatun-kendinde-muselman-turk-turbesi-xiii-xiv-esrler"},{"id":104,"title":"WAC heritage catalog. Ağudi qəbirüstü abidəsi (VII əsr); description reviewed. Accessed 28 October 2026.","url":"https://westaz.org/az/person/agudi-qebirustu-abidesi-vii-esr"},{"id":105,"title":"WAC heritage catalog. Arzuman körpüsü; target page unavailable. Accessed 28 October 2026.","url":"https://westaz.org/az/person/arzuman-korpusu"},{"id":106,"title":"WAC heritage catalog. Aşağı Talın kəndində qala (XII əsr); description reviewed. Accessed 28 October 2026.","url":"https://westaz.org/az/person/asagi-talin-kendinde-qala-xii-esr"},{"id":107,"title":"WAC heritage catalog. Aşağı Talın qalası ətrafında tikilən qala divarları (XIX əsr); description reviewed. Accessed 28 October 2026.","url":"https://westaz.org/az/person/asagi-talin-qalasi-etrafinda-tikilen-qala-divarlari-xix-esr"},{"id":108,"title":"WAC heritage catalog. Aşıq Ələsgərin qəbirüstü abidəsi (XX əsr); title/image only. Accessed 28 October 2026.","url":"https://westaz.org/az/person/asiq-elesgerin-qebirustu-abidesi-xx-esr"},{"id":109,"title":"WAC heritage catalog. Avan məbədi; target page unavailable. Accessed 28 October 2026.","url":"https://westaz.org/az/person/avan-mebedi"},{"id":110,"title":"WAC heritage catalog. Axtala qalası; target page unavailable. Accessed 28 October 2026.","url":"https://westaz.org/az/person/axtala-qalasi"},{"id":111,"title":"WAC heritage catalog. Balıqlı kənd məscidi (XVIII-XIX əsrlər); title/image only. Accessed 28 October 2026.","url":"https://westaz.org/az/person/baliqli-kend-mescidi-xviii-xix-esrler"},{"id":112,"title":"WAC heritage catalog. Buğakar piri (IX əsr); target page unavailable. Accessed 28 October 2026.","url":"https://westaz.org/az/person/bugakar-piri-ix-esr"},{"id":113,"title":"WAC heritage catalog. Cəfərabad (Pir Hüseyn) türbəsi (XV əsr); target page unavailable. Accessed 28 October 2026.","url":"https://westaz.org/az/person/ceferabad-pir-huseyn-turbesi-xv-esr"},{"id":114,"title":"WAC heritage catalog. Çətirli/Dəmirbulaq məscidi; description reviewed. Accessed 28 October 2026.","url":"https://westaz.org/az/person/cetirlidemirbulaq-mescidi"},{"id":115,"title":"WAC heritage catalog. Çırpılı karvansarası (X-XI əsrlər); description reviewed. Accessed 28 October 2026.","url":"https://westaz.org/az/person/cirpili-karvansarasi-x-xi-esrler"},{"id":116,"title":"WAC heritage catalog. Cul körpüsü (XIII əsr); description reviewed. Accessed 28 October 2026.","url":"https://westaz.org/az/person/cul-korpusu-xiii-esr"},{"id":117,"title":"WAC heritage catalog. Dədəli körpüsü; target page unavailable. Accessed 28 October 2026.","url":"https://westaz.org/az/person/dedeli-korpusu"},{"id":118,"title":"WAC heritage catalog. Dəmirbulaq körpüsü (XVII–XVIII əsrlər); target page unavailable. Accessed 28 October 2026.","url":"https://westaz.org/az/person/demirbulaq-korpusu-xvii-xviii-esrler"},{"id":119,"title":"WAC heritage catalog. Dəmirbulaq məscidi (XX əsr); description reviewed. Accessed 28 October 2026.","url":"https://westaz.org/az/person/demirbulaq-mescidi-xx-esr"},{"id":120,"title":"WAC heritage catalog. Göy mələkləri məbədi; target page unavailable. Accessed 28 October 2026.","url":"https://westaz.org/az/person/goy-melekleri-mebedi"},{"id":121,"title":"WAC heritage catalog. Göy məscid (XVIII əsr); description reviewed. Accessed 28 October 2026.","url":"https://westaz.org/az/person/goy-mescid-xviii-esr"},{"id":122,"title":"WAC heritage catalog. Gürcü karvansarası (XIX əsr); title/image only. Accessed 28 October 2026.","url":"https://westaz.org/az/person/gurcu-karvansarasi-xix-esr"},{"id":123,"title":"WAC heritage catalog. Hacı Novruzəli bəy məscidi (XVIII əsr); title/image only. Accessed 28 October 2026.","url":"https://westaz.org/az/person/haci-novruzeli-bey-mescidi-xviii-esr"},{"id":124,"title":"WAC heritage catalog. İrəvan Müəllimlər Seminaryasının binası (XIX əsr); title/image only. Accessed 28 October 2026.","url":"https://westaz.org/az/person/irevan-muellimler-seminaryasinin-binasi-xix-esr"},{"id":125,"title":"WAC heritage catalog. İrəvan qalası (XVI əsr); description reviewed. Accessed 28 October 2026.","url":"https://westaz.org/az/person/irevan-qalasi-xvi-esr"},{"id":126,"title":"WAC heritage catalog. İrəvan qalasının işğalı. (1827-ci il, 1 oktyabr) Frans Rubonun 1886-cı ildə çəkdiyi rəsm; target page unavailable. Accessed 28 October 2026.","url":"https://westaz.org/az/person/irevan-qalasinin-isgali-1827-ci-il-1-oktyabr-frans-rubonun-1886-ci-ilde-cekdiyi-resm"},{"id":127,"title":"WAC heritage catalog. İrəvanda Göy məscid, 1760-1766-cı illər. Fransız rəssamı Fredrik Dyubua de Monperenin 1833-cü ildə çəkdiyi rəsm; description reviewed. Accessed 28 October 2026.","url":"https://westaz.org/az/person/irevanda-goy-mescid-1760-1766-ci-iller-fransiz-ressami-fredrik-dyubua-de-monperenin-1833-cu-ilde-cekdiyi-resm"},{"id":128,"title":"WAC heritage catalog. Kasax çayı üzərində tikilmiş körpü (XVII əsr); description reviewed. Accessed 28 October 2026.","url":"https://westaz.org/az/person/kasax-cayi-uzerinde-tikilmis-korpu-xvii-esr"},{"id":129,"title":"WAC heritage catalog. Kəkilli pir; description reviewed. Accessed 28 October 2026.","url":"https://westaz.org/az/person/kekilli-pir"},{"id":130,"title":"WAC heritage catalog. Ləmbəli körpüləri (XVII–XVIII əsrlər); description reviewed. Accessed 28 October 2026.","url":"https://westaz.org/az/person/lembeli-korpuleri-xvii-xviii-esrler"},{"id":131,"title":"WAC heritage catalog. Loru qalası (XI-XII əsrlər); title/image only. Accessed 28 October 2026.","url":"https://westaz.org/az/person/loru-qalasi-xi-xii-esrler"},{"id":132,"title":"WAC heritage catalog. Meğri rayonunun Nüvədi kəndində Hacı Baba türbəsi (XVI əsr); title/image only. Accessed 28 October 2026.","url":"https://westaz.org/az/person/megri-rayonunun-nuvedi-kendinde-haci-baba-turbesi-xvi-esr-1"},{"id":133,"title":"WAC heritage catalog. Mirəli ağa türbəsi; title/image only. Accessed 28 October 2026.","url":"https://westaz.org/az/person/mireli-aga-turbesi"},{"id":134,"title":"WAC heritage catalog. Mığrı qalası (XI əsr); title/image only. Accessed 28 October 2026.","url":"https://westaz.org/az/person/migri-qalasi-xi-esr"},{"id":135,"title":"WAC heritage catalog. Ovşar (Əfşar) karvansarası (XVI–XVIII əsrlər); title/image only. Accessed 28 October 2026.","url":"https://westaz.org/az/person/ovsar-efsar-karvansarasi-xvi-xviii-esrler"},{"id":136,"title":"WAC heritage catalog. Oxçu (Qafan) qalası (III - IV əsrlər); title/image only. Accessed 28 October 2026.","url":"https://westaz.org/az/person/oxcu-qafan-qalasi-iii-iv-esrler"},{"id":137,"title":"WAC heritage catalog. Qanlıca məbədi; target page unavailable. Accessed 28 October 2026.","url":"https://westaz.org/az/person/qanlica-mebedi"},{"id":138,"title":"WAC heritage catalog. Qarakilsə qayaüstü təsvirləri ( e.ə. V-II minilliklər); description reviewed. Accessed 28 October 2026.","url":"https://westaz.org/az/person/qarakilse-qayaustu-tesvirleri-ee-v-ii-minillikler"},{"id":139,"title":"WAC heritage catalog. Qıpçaq kəndində məbəd (XIII əsr); description reviewed. Accessed 28 October 2026.","url":"https://westaz.org/az/person/qipcaq-kendinde-mebed-xiii-esr"},{"id":140,"title":"WAC heritage catalog. Qırmızı körpü (XVII əsr); description reviewed. Accessed 28 October 2026.","url":"https://westaz.org/az/person/qirmizi-korpu-xvii-esr"},{"id":141,"title":"WAC heritage catalog. Qız qalası adlı qala-qəsr (XI əsr); description reviewed. Accessed 28 October 2026.","url":"https://westaz.org/az/person/qiz-qalasi-adli-qala-qesr-xi-esr"},{"id":142,"title":"WAC heritage catalog. Qızılvəng məbədi; target page unavailable. Accessed 28 October 2026.","url":"https://westaz.org/az/person/qizilveng-mebedi"},{"id":143,"title":"WAC heritage catalog. Qoşundaş abidəsi (e.ə II minillik); description reviewed. Accessed 28 October 2026.","url":"https://westaz.org/az/person/qosundas-abidesi-ee-ii-minillik"},{"id":144,"title":"WAC heritage catalog. Rəcəb Paşa məscidi (XVIII əsr); target page unavailable. Accessed 28 October 2026.","url":"https://westaz.org/az/person/receb-pasa-mescidi-xviii-esr"},{"id":145,"title":"WAC heritage catalog. Şah Abbas/Səlim karvansarası (XIV əsr); title/image only. Accessed 28 October 2026.","url":"https://westaz.org/az/person/sah-abbasselim-karvansarasi-xiv-esr"},{"id":146,"title":"WAC heritage catalog. Sal-sal qalası (Orta əsrlər); title/image only. Accessed 28 October 2026.","url":"https://westaz.org/az/person/sal-sal-qalasi-orta-esrler"},{"id":147,"title":"WAC heritage catalog. Şəki kəndində şəlalə; title/image only. Accessed 28 October 2026.","url":"https://westaz.org/az/person/seki-kendinde-selale"},{"id":148,"title":"WAC heritage catalog. Sənain körpüsü (XIII əsr); title/image only. 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