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).
• Fuzzy Set. Lotfi Aliasker Zadeh (1965).
• Fuzzy algorithms. Lotfi Aliasker Zadeh
• Fuzzy probabilities. Lotfi Aliasker Zadeh
• Fuzzy events. Lotfi Aliasker Zadeh
• Fuzzy information. Lotfi Aliasker Zadeh
• Fuzzy Control System. Lotfi Aliasker Zadeh (1973)

Linguistics

• Fuzzy semantics. Lotfi Aliasker Zadeh
• Fuzzy Languages. Lotfi Aliasker Zadeh

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

• 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

Mugham performers in Baku. From left: tar, daf, kamancha.

• 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]
• Tar – Mirza Sadig (1870). ^[7]

Language and literature

• Persian sign language . Jabbar Asgarzadeh.

Sports

• Sur-papakh – traditional equestrian sport.

References

1. "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.
2. "International Defense Exhibition Fair (IDEF-2009) was over". Azerbaijani Ministry of Defense. 2009-01-05. Retrieved 2009-07-03.
3. Bahl, Taru; Syed, M. H. (2003). Encyclopaedia of the Muslim World. Anmol Publications PVT. p. 25. ISBN   9788126114191.
4. Мейхана - это не «хулиганский жанр», а часть азербайджанского фольклора - режиссер Абдуль Махмудов ^{[ usurped ]}(in Russian)
5. UNESCO - Intangible Heritage Section. "UNESCO Culture Sector - Intangible Heritage - 2003 Convention". unesco.org.
6. Музыкальная энциклопедия. Баламан. Под ред. Ю. В. Келдыш. Т 1. А — М.: Советская энциклопедия, 1973.
7. Four new items inscribed on UNESCO’s Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. Unesco.org. Retrieved on 2013-01-01.