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Rashid bey Akhundzadeh () was a Governor of Baku in 1919 during
Azerbaijan Democratic Republic
The Azerbaijan Democratic Republic (), also known as the Azerbaijan People's Republic (; ), was the first secular democracy, democratic republic in the Turkic peoples, Turkic and Muslim worlds.
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Early life
He was born on 10 April 1880 toSheikh ul-Islam
Sheikh ( , , , , ''shuyūkh'' ) is an honorific title in the Arabic language, literally meaning " elder". It commonly designates a tribal chief or a Muslim scholar. Though this title generally refers to men, there are also a small number of ...
Abdussalam Akhundzadeh and his wife Ummu Salama Muradkhanova in Salyan. He studied for 4 years at the Tbilisi Real school and for 4 years at the Tbilisi 3rd gymnasium, where he studied for additional 1 year and finished the 8th grade on 20 November 1905. He was accepted to Saint Vladimir Royal University of Kiev's Faculty of Law following year, graduated in 1910. After graduation, he started to work at Tbilisi Courtroom. Later he relocated to Baku, working as an attorney.
In 1917, in the judicial system of the Baku District, he was an assistant lawyer together with Mammad Yusif Jafarov
Mammad Yusif Jafarov Hajibaba oghlu (; , 1885 - May 15, 1938) was an Azerbaijani statesman.
Early life
Jafarov was born on , 1885 in Baku, in the Baku Governorate of the Russian Empire (present-day Azerbaijan). He was the younger brother of a p ...
, Rustam khan Khoyski, Ali khan Kantemirov, Gasim Gasimov, Abu Muslim bey Israfilov, Hamid bey Shahtakhtinski
Hamid bey Shakhtakhtinski Khalil oglu (; 1880–1944) was an Azerbaijani educator who served as Minister of Education and Religious Affairs in the fifth cabinet of Azerbaijan Democratic Republic, and was member of Parliament of Azerbaijan.
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During Azerbaijan Democratic Republic
On November 30, 1918, the Muslim National Committee of the formerJavad Uyezd
The Javad ''uezd'', known after 1921 as the Salyan ''uezd'', was a county (''uezd'') within the Baku Governorate of the Russian Empire and then of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic and Azerbaijan SSR until its formal abolishment in 1929 by the ...
held elections for membership in the Parliament of the Republic of Azerbaijan in Salyan. Technological engineer Bakhish bey Rustambeyov from Salyan was elected MP for the city while Akhundzadeh was elected by the uyezd. Thanks to his good relations with Fatali Khan Khoyski, he was later appointed Governor of Baku on 5 February 1919. His predecessor Museyib Akhijanov became his deputy. However his term was very short as he resigned few months later, on 17 August 1919 and was replaced on 25 August 1919.{{Cite web, title=Biographies of the ADR founders :: Azerbaijan Democratic Republic, url=https://axc.preslib.az/en/page/ALtmrK2X18, access-date=2021-06-14, website=axc.preslib.az
During Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic
He was a member of Azerbaijan Bar Association in 1923. However he was soon arrested duringGreat Purge
The Great Purge, or the Great Terror (), also known as the Year of '37 () and the Yezhovshchina ( , ), was a political purge in the Soviet Union that took place from 1936 to 1938. After the Assassination of Sergei Kirov, assassination of ...
and exiled to Kirov Oblast, where he died.
Family
He was married to Sara Nazirova (1898 - 1962), daughter of playwrightNajaf bey Vazirov
Najaf bey Fatali oglu Vazirov () (17 February 1854 – 9 July 1926) was an Azerbaijani playwright and journalist.
Najaf bey Vazirov played an exceptional role in the development of Azerbaijani dramaturgy, enriching its ideological and aesthetic con ...
. They had three daughters together:
# Gülnar Behbudova (1914-1996)
# Leyla Akhundova (1919-2003)
# Valida Vazirova (1920-2012) — married to Suleyman Vazirov
Suleyman Vazirov (, ) — Soviet Union, Soviet statesman of Azerbaijanis, Azerbaijani origin, organizer of the oil industry in Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic, Azerbaijan SSR, first Minister of Oil Industry in the republic from 1954 to 195 ...
(1910-1973), Minister of Oil Industry of the Azerbaijan SSR
The Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic, also referred to as the Azerbaijani Soviet Socialist Republic, Azerbaijan SSR, Azerbaijani SSR, AzSSR, Soviet Azerbaijan or simply Azerbaijan, was one of the constituent republics of the Soviet Union be ...
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