Seyid Azim Shirvani

male, deceased (1888)
poet, persian, Russian, azerbaijani, baghdad, emancipation…Shamakhi, fromShamakhi
Seyid Azim Shirvani, (1835-1888) was an Azerbaijani poet. He was born in 1835 in Shamakhi. He got his elementary education in his native city, but...
Mirza Alakbar Sabir

Mirza Alakbar Sabir

male, deceased (1911)
fromShamakhi, Azerbaijani literature, satirist, azeri, Nizami, azerbaijani
Mirza Alakbar Sabir, born Alakbar Zeynalabdin oglu Tahirzadeh. Sabir was a public figure, philosopher, teacher and a poet-innovator, he set up...
Alim Gasimov

Alim Gasimov

male, 52 years old
Alim Qasimov, Fargana Gasimova, fromShamakhi, Azerbaijan Media, tar, azeri
Alim Qasimov, born in 1957 in Shamakha, is an Azerbaijani musician and is the foremost Mugham singer in Azerbaijan, Alim has recorded nine albums...

Sultan Majid Afandiyev

male, deceased (1938)
Efendiyev, fromShamakhi, Old Bolshevik, Exonerated Soviet death sentence, Victim of Soviet repressions, GANJA
Sultan Majid Afandiyev, also spelled Efendiyev was an Azerbaijani revolutionary and statesman, one of the founders of the Communist Party of...

Khaqani

male, deceased (1190)
Khaghani, Tohfat-ul Iraqein, The Arch of Madain, fromShamakhi, khaghan, Ctesiphon
Khaqani or Khaghani (Persian: خاقانی) was a Persian poet. He was born in Shirvan and died in Tabriz. Khaghani (real name, Afzaladdin Ibrahim ibn Al...
Alexander Shirvanzade

Alexander Shirvanzade

male, deceased (1935)
writer, fromShamakhi, Alexander Movsesyan, armenian, Shamakhi, Playwright
Alexander Shirvanzade (Alexander Movsesyan) He was born on April 7, 1858 in Shamakhi and died on August 7, 1935 in Yerevan). Shirvanzade was an...

Zeynalabdin Shirvani

male, deceased (1838)
fromShamakhi, philosopher, writer, azerbaijani, Geographer, scientist
Zeynalabdin Shirvani, also known as Tamkin, was an Azerbaijani geographer, philosopher and poet.

Gostan Zarian

male, deceased (1969)
writer, armenian, fromShamakhi
Gostan Zarian (February 2, 1885 - December 11, 1969) was an Armenian writer.