Aida Imanguliyeva was born in an intellectual family on October 10, 1939, in Baku. Her father Nasir Imanguliyev was a well-known journalist, educational specialist, and honoured scientist.  He worked as editor-in-chief of "Bakı" and "Baku" newspapers for a long time.

After graduating from secondary school No. 132 in Baku city with a gold medal, Aida Imanguliyeva studied at the Faculty of Oriental Studies of Azerbaijan State University from 1957 to 1962 in the department of Arabic language and literature.

In 1966, after completing postgraduate studies in Arabic philology at the Institute of Oriental Studies of the USSR Academy of Sciences in Moscow, she received an appointment to work at the Academy of Sciences of Azerbaijan. At first, she worked as a junior researcher at the Institute of Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations, then as a senior researcher (1966-1976), compiler and editor of the collection "Issues of Arabic Philology" published by the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Azerbaijan Academy of Sciences (1971-1973 and 1979-1981), head of the Department of Arabic Philology (1976-1988), deputy director for scientific affairs (1988-1991). Since 1991, she served as director of the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Azerbaijan Academy of Sciences. During Aida Imanguliyeva's tenure as the head of the Arabic Philology Department, 10 Arabist scholars defended their theses and received the degree of Candidate of Philological Sciences.
  
Aida Imanguliyeva, who actively participated in the scientific and socio-political life of the Institute of Oriental Studies, defended her doctoral thesis, on which she had been working for many years, and was awarded the title of Doctor of Philological Sciences (1989). Aida Imanguliyeva, the first female professor with a doctorate in Arabic literature in Azerbaijan, was also engaged in pedagogical activities in addition to her scientific work. She taught Arabic literature at the Faculty of Oriental Studies of Azerbaijan State University. She was granted the academic title of professor by the decision of the Higher Attestation Commission in 1991.
  
A prominent scholar, distinguished for her works in the field of literature A. Imanguliyeva translated several stories by the Lebanese playwright and philosopher Mikhail Naimy from Arabic into Russian and published them in “Eastern Almanac” (Восточный альманах). In addition, her articles on topical problems of contemporary Arabic literature and Russian-Arab literary relations were regularly published in periodicals - scientific collections.

Aida Imanguliyeva was one of the members of the editorial board, author and editor of such collections of articles as: "Eastern poets about Lenin and the Soviet Union" (1970), "The Great October and the National Liberation Struggle of the Peoples of the East" (1977), "Soviet Azerbaijan and the foreign East" (1980), "Progress and the social problem of the struggle for justice" (1982), "Questions of national liberation movement in the Near and Middle East" (1985), " Issues of Oriental Philology" (1986-1987), "Literature of the peoples of the Middle East in the struggle against imperialism" (1987), "Problems of the Foreign East: History and Modernity" (1988), "Traditions and Innovations in Oriental Literature" (1988).
 
Aida Imanguliyeva's scientific works (3 monographs ("Mikhail Naimy and the Union of Pens", "Gibran Khalil Gibran", "The Luminaries of New Arabic Literature", and more than 70 scientific articles) present the synthesis of Western and Eastern culture. These works study traditions, the development of creative style, and the formation of new artistic directions, which creates a very important basis for further study not only of Arabic literature but also of all new Eastern literature. A. Imanguliyeva remained faithful to the mission of her life - the preservation and development of Azerbaijan's national self-awareness within the environment and regime in which she lived, not only with her creativity but also with her organizational skills and leadership activities.
 
Professor Aida Imanguliyeva is the first Azerbaijani scholar who systematically researched East-West literary connections and influence in Azerbaijan. Her numerous scientific works studied the synthesis of Western and Eastern cultural traditions, the development of creative style, and the formation of new artistic styles, which creates an important basis for the study of not only Arabic literature but also modern Eastern literature.

As a scholar, Aida Imanguliyeva had a wide and diverse sphere of activity. She also translated into Azerbaijani language some samples of Arabic literature - stories by Mikhail Naimy, Mahmoud al-Zahir, Mahammad Dib, Sahib Jamal, Suheil Idris, Majid Zeyyib Ghanema, keeping the poetic spirit, meaning and content of those works as they were in the original.

Aida Imanguliyeva, the eminent scholar, and the first Azerbaijani Doctor of Philological Sciences in Oriental studies devoted her life to the study of culture and literature of the East, where the history and traditions of her nation are intertwined with the history of the Eastern nations with deep millennial roots. Her works retain their scientific value in our time, frequently becoming a topic of study and source not only in Azerbaijan but also the whole West and East. 

Great scholar and orientalist Aida Imanguliyeva died on September 19, 1992, in Baku.

Recommended literature:

1. Xəlilov, Səlahəddin Sədrəddin oğlu. Şərq ruhunun Qərb həyatı : Aida İmanquliyevanın yardıcılıq axtarışlarının izi ilə / S. S. Xəlilov ; elmi red. N. A. Paşayeva ; "Şərq-Qərb" Tədqiqat Mərkəzi. - Bakı : Şərq-Qərb, 2009. - 380 s.
2. Şərq və Qərb: ortaq mənəvi dəyərlər, elmi‒mədəni əlaqələr: Aida İmanquliyeva – 70 = East and West: Common spırıtual values, scientific-cultural links: Aida Imangulıyeva – 7 = Восток и Запад: Общие духовные ценности, научнокультурные связи: Аида Иманкулиева – 70 / AMEA; red. A.Əsədova. ‒ Bakı: Elm, 2009. ‒ 143 s.
3. Azərbaycanın görkəmli şərqşünas alimi, professor Aida İmanquliyevanın 75 illik yubileyinə həsr olunmuş "Şərqşünaslığın aktual problemləri" mövzusunda Respublika elmi konfransının materialları / R. Rüstəmov, N. Məmmədov, O. Cəlilbəyli [et al.] ; Bakı Dövlət Universiteti. - Bakı : Nurlar NPM, 2014. - 376 s.
4. Əzizəliyeva, Bəsirə Höccət qızı. Aida İmanquliyeva və ərəb ədəbiyyatının tədqiqi problemləri /B. H.Əzizəliyeva; elmi red. V. Arzumanlı ; Milli Elmlər Akademiyası, Nizami ad Ədəbiyyat İn-tu. - Bakı: Elm və təhsil, 2010. - 302 s.
5. Əzizəliyeva, B. Aida İmanquliyeva və ərəb ədəbiyyatının tədqiqi problemləri / Bəsirə Əzizəliyeva; elmi red. V.Arzumanlı; Milli Elmlər Akademiyası, Nizami ad Ədəbiyyat İn-tu. ‒ Bakı: Elm və təhsil, 2010. ‒ 302 s.
6. Hüseynova G. Unudulmaz məzun – Aida İmanquliyeva (1947‒1957) / Gülşən Hüseynova, İbrahim Əsədov; ön söz Akif Əlizadə; ideya rəhb. Sara Xanlarova; 132-134 nömrəli Təhsil Kompleksi. ‒ Bakı: “Nurlar” NPM, 2016. ‒ 192 s.