, native_name_lang = , birth_name =Azad bey Mirza Hamid bey oglu Vazirov , other_name = , nickname = , birth_date = , birth_place = Shusha,

Shusha Uyezd / hy, Շուշի , settlement_type = City , image_skyline = ShushaCollection2021.jpg , image_caption = Landmarks of Shusha, from top left:Ghazanchetsots Cathedral • Yukhari Govhar ...

Imperial Russia The Russian Empire was an empire and the final period of the List of Russian monarchs, Russian monarchy from 1721 to 1917, ruling across large parts of Eurasia. It succeeded the Tsardom of Russia following the Treaty of Nystad, which ended th ...

, death_date = , death_place =

Qazvin Qazvin (; fa, قزوین, , also Romanized as ''Qazvīn'', ''Qazwin'', ''Kazvin'', ''Kasvin'', ''Caspin'', ''Casbin'', ''Casbeen'', or ''Ghazvin'') is the largest city and capital of the Province of Qazvin in Iran. Qazvin was a capital of the ...

Qajar Empire Qajar Iran (), also referred to as Qajar Persia, the Qajar Empire, '. Sublime State of Persia, officially the Sublime State of Iran ( fa, دولت علیّه ایران ') and also known then as the Guarded Domains of Iran ( fa, ممالک م ...

, placeofburial_label = , placeofburial = , placeofburial_coordinates = , allegiance =

Russian Empire The Russian Empire was an empire and the final period of the Russian monarchy from 1721 to 1917, ruling across large parts of Eurasia. It succeeded the Tsardom of Russia following the Treaty of Nystad, which ended the Great Northern War. ...

1888 — 1893 and 1898 — 1917
Azerbaijan Democratic Republic 1918 — 1920

Red Army The Workers' and Peasants' Red Army (Russian: Рабо́че-крестья́нская Кра́сная армия),) often shortened to the Red Army, was the army and air force of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic and, after ...

, branch = , serviceyears = 1888 — 1921 , serviceyears_label = , rank = 1904ic-p09r

Lieutenant colonel Lieutenant colonel ( , ) is a rank of commissioned officers in the armies, most marine forces and some air forces of the world, above a major and below a colonel. Several police forces in the United States use the rank of lieutenant colone ...

of The

Imperial Russian Army The Imperial Russian Army (russian: Ру́сская импера́торская а́рмия, tr. ) was the armed land force of the Russian Empire, active from around 1721 to the Russian Revolution of 1917. In the early 1850s, the Russian Ar ...

(1888 — 1893 and 1898 — 1917),
colonel of The National Army of Azerbaijan Democratic Republic (1918 — 1920)
colonel of

(1920 — 1921) , rank_label = , servicenumber = , unit = , commands = , battles_label = , battles =

World War I World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...

, awards = Band_to_Order_St_Stanislav

, memorials = , spouse = Zahra Mehmandarova , children = Isa bey Vazirov
Musa bey Vazirov
Suleyman Vazirov
Isa bey Vazirov (the second)
Kheyransa Khanum
Goncha Khanum
Gulrukh Khanum , relations = , laterwork = , signature = , signature_size = , signature_alt = , website = , module = Azad bey Vazirov ( az, Azad bəy Mirzə Həmid bəy oğlu Vəzirov) (22 August 1869, in Shusha,

– 1921 in

, Qajar Empire) was Azerbaijani military officer,

colonel Colonel (abbreviated as Col., Col or COL) is a senior military officer rank used in many countries. It is also used in some police forces and paramilitary organizations. In the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries, a colonel was typically in charge of ...

. Father of the

Soviet The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, ...

statesman, organizer of the oil industry,

Hero of Socialist Labour The Hero of Socialist Labour (russian: links=no, Герой Социалистического Труда, Geroy Sotsialisticheskogo Truda) was an honorific title in the Soviet Union and other Warsaw Pact countries from 1938 to 1991. It repre ...

Suleyman Vazirov.

Life

Descended "from the nobility family of the city of Shusha". He entered the service as a volunteer in the 43rd Tver Dragoon Regiment. December 20, 1888 was sent to the Elisavetgrad Cavalry School. After graduating from military college in the second category on July 3, 1892, he was promoted to standard junker and returned to the regiment. On June 27, 1893, he was promoted to cornet with enrollment in the reserve. In 1901 cornet Vazirov was appointed

adjutant Adjutant is a military appointment given to an officer who assists the commanding officer with unit administration, mostly the management of human resources in an army unit. The term is used in French-speaking armed forces as a non-commission ...

of the Dagestan Cavalry Regiment. Since October 27, 1901, he got the rank of

Poruchik The rank of lieutenant in Eastern Europe ( hr, poručnik, cs, poručík, pl, porucznik, russian: script=latn, poruchik, sr, script=latn, poručnik, sk, poručík) is one used in Slavophone armed forces. Depending on the country, it is either ...

, Staff captain (27.10.1905), Rittmeister (10/27/1909) in the

. He also served in the Ministry of Internal Affairs of

as a senior chief officer for assignments under the

Baku Baku (, ; az, Bakı ) is the capital and largest city of Azerbaijan, as well as the largest city on the Caspian Sea and of the Caucasus region. Baku is located below sea level, which makes it the lowest lying national capital in the world a ...

Governor (on September 1, 1916). In 1917, he was promoted to the rank of

lieutenant colonel Lieutenant colonel ( , ) is a rank of commissioned officers in the armies, most marine forces and some air forces of the world, above a major and below a colonel. Several police forces in the United States use the rank of lieutenant colone ...

. He served in the army of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic. In late 1918 and early 1919, Lieutenant Colonel Vezirov served as the Ganja military commander, then as the commandant of the city of Baku. By order of the government of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic No. 28 dated June 25, 1919, he was promoted to colonel. Also he served in the Red Army. Azad bey Bazirov died in

in 1921.

Family

Azad bey married

Karim bey Mehmandarov Abdul Karim bey Mirza Mustafa bey oghlu Mehmandarov ( az, Əbdül Kərim bəy Mirzə Mustafa bəy oğlu Mehmandarov, 2 December 1854, Shusha–20 December 1929, Shusha) was a Russian Empire and Soviet medical doctor of Azerbaijani ethnicity. He wa ...

's daughter Zahra. They had sons named Isa Bey, Musa Bey, Suleyman Vazirov, Isa Bey (the second), daughters named Kheyransa Khanum, Goncha Khanum and Gulrukh Khanum.

Awards

- 3rd Class

Order of Saint Stanislaus The Order of Saint Stanislaus ( pl, Order Św. Stanisława Biskupa Męczennika, russian: Орден Святого Станислава), also spelled Stanislas, was a Polish order of knighthood founded in 1765 by King Stanisław August Ponia ...

(1879) *

- 3rd Class

Order of Saint Anne The Imperial Order of Saint Anna (russian: Орден Святой Анны; also "Order of Saint Anne" or "Order of Saint Ann") was a Holstein ducal and then Russian imperial order of chivalry. It was established by Karl Friedrich, Duke of Holst ...

(1881)

References

Footnotes

Works cited

* {{cite book, last1=Chingizoglu , first1=Anvar, title=Hacılılar, date=2004, location=Baku, page=230-238, language= 1869 births 1921 deaths Azerbaijani nobility Military personnel from Shusha Vazirovs Recipients of the Order of St. Anna, 3rd class Recipients of the Order of Saint Stanislaus (Russian), 3rd class People from the Russian Empire