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Original bdg. HC. Demy 8vo. (21 x 14 cm). In Azerbaijani. 301, [3] p., b/w ills. Bu manim taleyimdir. Elçibay was an Azerbaijani political figure. His real name was ?bülf?z Q?dirqulu oglu ?liyev in Azeri but he changed his name when he started to agitate for political reform. He was the first non-communist President of Azerbaijan, serving from June 16, 1992 until he was overthrown on September 1, 1993. Elections in June 1992 resulted in him becoming the country's second president as a member of the Azerbaijan Popular Front Party. His election came at a time when Azerbaijan was fighting a war with Armenians over the Nagorno-Karabakh region. Colonel Alparslan Türkes, the leader of the Grey Wolves, went to Baku in 1992 to support Elçibay, who openly described himself as sympathiser of the ultranationalist group. Once elected, Abülfaz Elçibay chose as ministry of Interior Isgandar Hamidov, a member of the Grey Wolves who plead for the creation of a Greater Turkey which would include northern Iran and extend itself to Siberia, India and China. Isgandar Hamidov resigned in April 1993 after having threatened Armenia with a nuclear strike.