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Vazirovs
Vazirovs or Vezirovs () are an Azerbaijanis, Azerbaijani noble family from Karabakh and a part of Javanshir clan. Vazirov or Vezirov is a Russification, Russified version of the word ''vizier''. First person to adopt the surname was Azerbaijani historian and later Imperial Russian army officer Mirza Jamal Javanshir, who was a vizier of Ibrahim Khalil Khan and Mehdi Qoli Khan Javanshir, Mehdigulu Khan of Karabakh. History Connected to ruling family of Karabakh Khanate, Vazirovs were descended from Sharif beg Javanshir, head of Hajilu subclan of Javanshir clan. Sharif beg was great-grandfather of Mirza Jamal. Family had two branches - elder one based in Shusha and younger one based in Karyagino, modern Fuzuli (city), Fuzuli. Famous family members include politicians like Zeynal bey Vazirov, Bahram bey Vazirov; as well as poets, merchants and army officers. Penultimate leader of Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic, Soviet Azerbaijan, Abdurrahman Vazirov was also a member of this fa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mirza Jamal Javanshir
Mirza Jamal Javanshir (, ) was a secretary and historian under the Karabakh Khanate and later the Russian Empire. He is principally known as the author of the Persian-language historical chronicle ''Tarikh-e Qarabagh'' ("History of Karabakh"). Background and early life A member of the Turkic peoples, Turkic Javanshir tribe of the Karabakh region, Mirza Jamal was born in 1773 in the Khajalu village of the Javanshir district near the Melikdoms of Karabakh, Armenian melikdom of Dizak. At the time, Karabakh was controlled by the Javanshir-ruled Karabakh Khanate, which was then under the suzerainty of the Zand dynasty, Zand ruler of Iran, Karim Khan Zand (). Mirza Jamal was the son of Mohammad Khan Beg and grandson of Salif Beg Minbashi, both whom had served as the leader of the Javanshir tribe and the commander of the Shusha fortress. Mirza Jamal was educated in Persian and Turkish, and by the time he was fifteen years old, the Karabakh khan Ibrahim Khalil Khan appointed him as one ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |