Hashim bey Miriman oglu Vazirov ( az, Haşım bəy Vəzirov; 1868–1916) – was an

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i journalist, writer and publisher.

Biography

Hashim bey Vazirov was born and had his primary education in Shusha. After graduating from Irevan Teachers’ Seminary, he worked as a teacher in Irevan,

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, Shaki and Shusha. In the 1890s, being a teacher in real school in Shusha, H. Vazirov participated in organization of spectacles along with other teachers. In 1895, they staged “Marrying – not slaking the thirst” play by H.Vazirov. In these years Vazirov translated ''

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. Vazirov acted as Othello in a spectacle staged in Shusha, in 1904. Hashimbey Vazirov was the author of such plays as ''School education'', ''Don’t knock my door – or your door will be knocked'', ''Marrying – not slaking the thirst''. He wrote articles dedicated to enlightenment, science, socio-political issues. He worked as the editor of “Irshad” newspaper at different times, published “Teze hayat” newspaper, edited such newspapers as “Ittifag”, “Seda”, “Sadayi-hagg” and “Sadayi-Gafgaz”.

References

Publications

* Везиров Г. Мои воспоминания о «Мектебе».- KB, 1901, № 2, с. 39-48 (паг. 2-я).

External links

* Анвар Чингизоглы. Родословная Везировы. «Сой», Баку, 2008. * Ингилаб Керимов. Становление и развитие азербайджанского театра. «Элм», Баку, 1991. {{DEFAULTSORT:Vazirov, Hashim bey 1868 births 1916 deaths Azerbaijani journalists Azerbaijani educators Azerbaijani nobility Writers from Shusha Journalists from the Russian Empire