I remember Abbas Zamanov very well. Besides that, he was very close to our family, a teacher and a man who substituted a father for my own father Yusif Seidov, who is a doctor of philological sciences, professor, honored scientist, chairman of the Azerbaijani language and methods department at Baku State University; he was also my teacher. When I was a student at oriental department, Azerbaijan State University, I was lucky to attend his lectures. At that time, I did not probably realize his greatness as an individual because I knew him as a close man to our family and loved him as our relative. He was loved and respected by all the members of our family, especially by my father. As time went by, I could witness Abbas Zamanov’s greatness and his heart’s simplicity. He was a kind and gentle man, who always helped needy people. He could find a subject for talking with anybody; even with children – he could speak their language. That was his greatness. Everyone, who knew him, remembers his inoffensive joking and wise advice. He really could sacrifice himself to science. There were no private problems for him. He lived and worked only for the sake of Motherland and nation.
The book “Memoirs of Hanifa khanum Malikova – Abayeva” reflects Abbas Zamanov’s viewpoints, his merits before the Azerbaijani nation as a scientist.
Thus, one of the great man’s dreams has come true.

Azerbaijan Free Speech Foundation
Vafa Seidova, expert