Bahram bey Asad bey oghlu Vazirov (d. 23 December 1857; Mirzacamallı,

Shusha uezd The Shusha uezd was a county (''uezd'') of the Elizavetpol Governorate of the Russian Empire, and then of the Ganja Governorate of Azerbaijan Democratic Republic with its center in Shusha in 1840–1921. Geography The Shusha uezd was located in ...

, Shemakha Governorate - d. 1921;

Fuzuli District Fuzuli District ( az, Füzuli rayonu) is one of the 66 districts of Azerbaijan. It is located in the south-west of the country and belongs to the Karabakh Economic Region. The district borders the districts of Khojavend, Aghjabadi, Beylagan, J ...

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) was an Azerbaijani politician, statesman, member of the Parliament of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic and poet.

Life

Bahram bey Vazirov was born in 1857 in the village of Mirzajamalli, Jabrayil district (modern Fuzuli district). He graduated from the Shusha Realni School and entered the law faculty of

Saint Petersburg State University Saint Petersburg State University (SPBU; russian: Санкт-Петербургский государственный университет) is a public research university in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Founded in 1724 by a decree of Peter the G ...

. After finishing education he started work as a lawyer in his hometown. Vazirov is one of the participants of the Azerbaijani Freedom Movement during

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 ...

and he became a member of the Parliament of Azerbaijani Democratic Republic which was established by Azerbaijani National Council on 7 December 1918. In the parliament he was deputy of the Ittihad fraction. After

Red Army invasion of Azerbaijan The Red Army invasion of Azerbaijan, also known as the Sovietization or Soviet invasion of Azerbaijan, was a military campaign carried out by the 11th Army of Soviet Russia in April 1920 to install a new Soviet government in the Azerbaijan Democ ...

, he, like many others, was declared a "public enemy", then Bolshevik government confiscate all of his property and he was convicted deprivation of the right to vote for a period of 9 years. After these events Bahram bey began active propaganda work against the

Bolsheviks The Bolsheviks (russian: Большевики́, from большинство́ ''bol'shinstvó'', 'majority'),; derived from ''bol'shinstvó'' (большинство́), "majority", literally meaning "one of the majority". also known in English ...

. In June 1921, Bahram bey was captured and shot without trial or investigation in Aghdam jail by Bolsheviks.

Creativity

Bahram bey was a member of

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 hi ...

family which was very popular in Karabakh region. Prominent Azerbaijani poet

Gasim bey Zakir Gasim bey Zakir (also spelled Kāṣīm Bey Ḏh̲ākir) ( az, Qasım bəy Zakir; died 1857) was an Azerbaijani poet of the 19th century and one of the founders of the critical realism and satirical genre in Azerbaijani literature. He is consider ...

was Bahram's grandfather and they have affinity with Karabakh kans. His father Asad bey was also poet and worked as a doctor. The brothers ( Bakhish bey Sabur, Isfandiyar bey Gulchin) were also poets; together they attended the Majlisi-Uns. Bahram bey wrote poems under the pseudonym ''Fedai''. Since childhood, he showed great interest in poetry and studied

Arabic Arabic (, ' ; , ' or ) is a Semitic languages, Semitic language spoken primarily across the Arab world.Semitic languages: an international handbook / edited by Stefan Weninger; in collaboration with Geoffrey Khan, Michael P. Streck, Janet C ...

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s, also acquired new knowledge in the art of versification, philosophy, history, and

Islam Islam (; ar, ۘالِإسلَام, , ) is an Abrahamic religions, Abrahamic Monotheism#Islam, monotheistic religion centred primarily around the Quran, a religious text considered by Muslims to be the direct word of God in Islam, God (or ...

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* * {{cite book , ref={{harvid, Азербайджанская Демократическая Республика (1918―1920), 1998 , last= , title= Азербайджанская Демократическая Республика (1918―1920). Законодательные акты. (Сборник документов) , year= 1998 , location= Baku , publisher= , isbn= 1857 births 1921 deaths Azerbaijani poets 19th-century Azerbaijani poets Male poets from the Russian Empire 19th-century poets Azerbaijani nobility Azerbaijani-language poets Lawyers from the Russian Empire Azerbaijani lawyers 19th-century lawyers 20th-century lawyers Members of the National Assembly of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic Vazirovs Saint Petersburg State University alumni

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