Background
Suleyman Aliyarli was born in Shahseven village of Beylagan district of Azerbaijan to Dilshad and Sardar Aliyarov and spent his childhood there. His father was a farmer.
Suleyman Aliyarli was born in Shahseven village of Beylagan district of Azerbaijan to Dilshad and Sardar Aliyarov and spent his childhood there. His father was a farmer.
Aliyarli graduated from village high school in and his education was in Azerbaijani. He then continued his education at Moscow State University Department of History and language of education in Moscow was Russian. He successfully graduated from Moscow State University in 1954.
In 1962 he defended his Doctor of Philosophy thesis "The situation of the Baku Proletariat" and in 1975 his habilitation "Monopolies of the oil industry of Azerbaijan".
In 1978-2001 he was the head of the Department of History of Azerbaijan. In 1993 he was awarded the name "Honored Scholar Figure" by President of Azerbaijan Abulfaz Elchibey. He was one of the editorial board members and author of the "The Turks" encyclopedic work published in Turkish and English (Ankara 2006).
He was a member of the presidium of Supreme Attestation Commission under President of Republic of Azerbaijan during 1992-2001.