university and completed postgraduate studies in Arabic language. In 1953, he was awarded the degree of Doctor of Sciences in Philological Sciences. Mammadov became an associate professor in 1954 and a professor in 1967. Then, he was awarded the title of Honored Scientist in 1992. In addition to Arabic, Alasgar Mammadov was also fluent in Russian, German, French, Persian and English. He is the author of more than 30 Arabic language textbooks. Mammadov's first 573-page Arabic Language textbook was published in 1958 in the Soviet Union with an initial print run of 5,000 copies and used not only in Azerbaijan, but also in Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. His Арабский язык (Arabic Language) textbook, written in Russian, meets the needs of educators in oriental studies centers of Dagestan, Tatarstan, Ukraine, Central Asian Republics and other Post-Soviet states. The books prepared by Alasgar Mammadov were intended for the Russian and Azerbaijani sections of the Faculty of Oriental Studies, as well as for students of the Arabic language in the theology, history and philology faculties and Arabic-oriented secondary schools. In 1972, his Arabic Language textbook was sent to 22 countries according to the order. In 1994, the Higher Attestation Commission under the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan awarded Alasgar Mammadov the degree of Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences without defending a doctoral thesis. In the 1990s, Mammadov taught Quran at the Faculty of Oriental Studies of Baku State University. Death Alasgar Mammadov died on 29 January 2000. He was treated at the Republican Clinical Hospital named after Mirasadulla Mirgasimov until his death. Legacy "Aztelefilm" Creative Union of the AzTV made a full-length film, Ömürdən qalan izlər (Traces of Life), about the life of Alasgar Mammadov based on the screenplay by Rafiga Masud. References 1919 births 2000 deaths Azerbaijan State Pedagogical University alumni Academic staff of Baku State University Azerbaijani scientists Azerbaijani orientalists Soviet orientalists Soviet Arabists