Abdulla Beg Velizade (known as Mashadi Abish Beg; 1841, Shusha, Caspian province – 1912,

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) was a poet and a member of the Baharly tribe. He was the son of Mashadi Asadulla beg Veliev.

Life

Abdulla Beg Velizade was born in 1841 in the city of Shusha. He knew

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languages. His father, Mashadi Asadulla Beg Veliev, son of Haji Hasanali Beg Veliev, was known as a merchant in Shusha. His mother's name was Azad khanum. He was the younger brother of Mahammadali Beg Velizade. Abdulla Beg received his education in

and was an active member of the "Majlisi-Faramushan" organized by Mir Mohsun Navvab, writing poems in a classical style. While a member of "Majlisi-Faramushan," Abdulla Beg Velizade befriended and exchanged poems with several poets. He exchanged poems with poets such as Hasanali khan Garadaghi and Fatma khanum Kamina, who were also members of "Majlisi-Faramushan." Mirza Khosrov Akhundov, a contemporary of Abdulla Beg Velizade living in Shusha, mentioned Abdulla Beg with respect in several places in his work "Pages from Life" (Baku, 1992) and in the poem "The River of Shusha," written in 1944 in memory of

Mir Mohsun Navvab Mir-Mohsun Navvab () (1833–1918 in Shusha, present day Azerbaijan) occupies a prominent place in the history of Culture of Azerbaijan, Azerbaijani culture as the last representative of the old traditional school of science, arts and literature. ...

. The book "Poetic Gatherings" (Baku, 1987) includes two ghazals by Abdulla Beg and provides brief information about him. Abdulla Beg Velizade died around 1912 in the city of Shusha.

Family

Abdulla Beg had six sons: Husseinqulu Beg, Khanlar Beg, Hasanqulu Beg, Abbasqulu Beg, Jabbar Beg, and Vali Velizade, as well as one daughter named Sanubar.

References

Bibliography

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