Ismail bey Zardabli. The Hıstory Of Azerbaıjan From Ancient Times To The Present Day Textbook For The Higher Educational İnstitutions. , Rossendale Books, 2014.

This book is dedicated to the historical destiny of our nation during a long period from ancient times till the beginning of the current century. The territory of bistorical Azerbaijan occupied Eastern parts of the South Caucasus and the North-Western part of Iran. Azerbaijanis, who restored their state independence in the northern part of the country in the last decades of the 20th century, had written their line on each page of mankind's history, in all of its periods. Although, the present territory of the Republic of Azerbaijan is around 86.6 thousand square kilometres, there have been phases in its history, when the territory of the country occupied millions of square kilometres as a result of the diligence of her sons. The territory of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic, which had existed for 23 months and was liquidated by the Bolsheviks, covered more than 114 thousand square kilometres. In the Soviet period, the regime occupied these territories and Azerbaijan was gradually reduced in size to the benefit of its cruel neighbours. For instance, the contemporary Republic of Armenia, which was created in the lands of Western Azerbaijan and which couldn't even find a capital for itself, bardly reached to 10 thousand square kilometres in 1918 but thanks to its Soviet-Bolshevik protectors the margins of its frontiers extended over 3 times. Nevertheless, we are sure that approximately 50 million people of the Azerbaijan nation, who possess one of the 20 main languages of the world, who live in the territory within about a quarter million square kilometres from Derbent to Nakhichevan, from Borchali to Zenjan, from the shores of the Caspian Sea to Goycha will clear these lands of their enemies to be as it was before, and they will raise their three coloured flag, which is decorated with the half-moon and star on bigh, so that Azerbaijan will occupy its rightful place among modern civilizations and will undoubtedly make its impact on mankind's development.