Teymur bey Bayramalibeyov ( az, Teymur Bayraməlibəyov) (22 August 1863, Yeddioymag – 2 September 1937, Baku) was an

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i historian, teacher, and journalist.

Life

Teymur bey Bayramalibeyov was born to a noble family in the village of Yeddioymag in the present-day

Masally District Masally District ( az, Masallı rayonu, tly, Masəlli rəyon, script=Latn) is one of the 66 districts of Azerbaijan. It is located in the south-east of the country and belongs to the Lankaran-Astara Economic Region. The district borders the d ...

but spent most of his life in

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. His family descended from the

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkm ...

ian Shahsevans who moved to the

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in the 16th century. He received his primary education at a local

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where among other disciplines he learned

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and Persian languages. He continued his education at the two-year Russian-Tartar School of Lankaran and a newly opened Russian school in

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(present-day

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) where he was sponsored by philanthropists from the Baku Land Department. In 1879 he applied and was admitted to the

Gori Pedagogical Seminary The Transcaucasian Teachers Seminary (russian: Закавказская учительская семинария) in Gori (present-day Georgia) was a 4-year specialized secondary school in the Russian Empire in 1876–1917 aimed at professional ...

to receive his post-secondary education as a teacher.Famous Personalities of Lankaran: Teymur Bayramalibeyov
''Lankaran.aznet.org''

Career

After graduating from the seminary Bayramalibeyov was hired to teach at one of Lankaran's Russian schools. At the same time, he worked as a Lankaran regional reporter for the Baku-based Russian-language newspaper ''Kaspi''. In 1903 he started an amateur theatre where local teachers played roles in various staged plays. This was the theatre where Huseyn Arablinski revealed his talent in 1905 before going on to become a renowned Azerbaijani actor.Huseyn Arablinski
. ''Axtar.az'' Teymur Bayramalibeyov was the author of numerous historical books and articles, such as ''History of the

Talysh Khanate Talysh Khanate or Talish Khanate ( fa, خانات تالش, Khānāt-e Tālesh) was a khanate of Iranian origin that was established in Persia and existed from the middle of the 18th century till the beginning of the 19th century, located in the ...

'', ''Lankaran in the Past'' and several works on the mythology, folklore and lifestyles of the

Talysh people The Talysh people ( tly, Tolışon, script=Latn تالشان; az, Talışlar; fa, تالشان) are an Iranian ethnic group indigenous to a region shared between Azerbaijan and Iran which spans the South Caucasus and the southwestern shor ...

. In 1917 Bayramalibeyov helped his daughter Maryam Bayramalibeyova in establishing the Unas Russian-Muslim School for Girls in Lankaran and to become its first principal. In 1918, with the independence of the

Azerbaijan Democratic Republic The Azerbaijan Democratic Republic), or simply as Azerbaijan in Paris Peace Conference, 1919–1920,''Bulletin d'Information de l'Azerbaidjan'', No. I, September 1, 1919, pp. 6–7''125 H.C.Debs.'', 58., February 24, 1920, p. 1467. Caucasian Az ...

he became regional representative of the

Musavat The Müsavat Party ( az, Müsavat Partiyası, from ar, مساواة ''musāwāt'', ) is the oldest existing political party in Azerbaijan. Its history can be divided into three periods: Early Musavat, Musavat-in-exile and New Musavat. Early Musa ...

Party in Lankaran. He participated in the negotiations with the

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occupation forces in Azerbaijan in 1919. After Azerbaijan's Sovietization in 1920 he moved to Baku, where he worked as a secondary school instructor.

References

External links

History of the Talysh Khanate
(full text) by Teymur Bayramalibeyov {{DEFAULTSORT:Bayramalibeyov, Teymur 1863 births 1937 deaths People from Masally District People from Baku Governorate Azerbaijani people of Iranian descent 20th-century Azerbaijani historians Azerbaijani journalists 20th-century Azerbaijani educators Transcaucasian Teachers Seminary alumni