Museyib Bey Akhijanov, also known as Akhijanov or Akhijanli (Azerbaijani: Müseyib Bey Qəhrəman bəy oğlu Əxicanov) was a member of the Azerbaijani National Council, the Parliament of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic, and the Transcaucasian Sejm, as well as the governor of the city of Baku.
Life
Akhijanov, Museyib Bey Gahraman bey oglu, was born in 1892 in the village of Tomarkhanli in the Javad uezd. He graduated from the law faculty of the Kiev Saint Vladimir University in 1912.[1] From February 23 to May 26, 1918, he was a member of the Muslim faction in the Transcaucasian Sejm. After the dissolution of the Transcaucasian Democratic Federative Republic, he became a member of the Azerbaijani National Council.[2] Following the National Council's law of November 19, 1918, on the establishment of the Azerbaijan Republic Parliament, he was included in the parliament.[3] He was a member of the "Müsavat" and neutrals faction.[4][5]
Following the liberation of Baku on September 15, 1918, he became the deputy of Fathi Bey, the governor of Baku.[6] Later, from November 1918 to February 5, 1919, he served as the governor of Baku.[7][8]
After the April Occupation, he was arrested and executed by firing squad on June 6, 1920, on Nargin Island.[9]
Legacy
Mahammad Amin Rasulzade referred to Museyib Bey Akhijanov as a martyr of Azerbaijan's independence in his 1923 book "The Quality, Formation, and Current State of the Azerbaijan Republic."[10]
References
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- ^ Encyclopedia of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic (PDF) (in Azerbaijani). Baku: Lider Publishing. 2004. p. 118. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2022-03-06. Retrieved 2022-12-05.
- ^ "National Council :: Azerbaijan Democratic Republic". 2023-03-23. Archived from the original on 2023-03-23. Retrieved 2023-11-07.
- ^ "Parliament :: Azerbaijan Democratic Republic". 2018-06-02. Archived from the original on 2018-06-02. Retrieved 2023-11-07.
- ^ Hüseynov, Şirməmməd (2014-08-09). "From Sejm to Parliament - M.Ə. Rasulzade". 525.az. Archived from the original on 2023-11-13. Retrieved 2023-11-13.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2018-06-03. Retrieved 2023-11-07.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ Turan, Azər (2012). Darülmöminin (in Azerbaijani). Baku. p. 142.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ The Azerbaijan Democratic Republic: 1918-1920: Volume I: Parliament (in Azerbaijani). Vol. I. Baku: Azərbaycan Publishing. 1998. p. 94. Archived from the original on 2023-11-14. Retrieved 2023-11-14.
- ^ Əliyarlı, İltifat; Behbudov, Tahir (2013). Martyrs of Independence - Ministers of Internal Affairs of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic and their comrades-in-arms: 1918-1920 (in Azerbaijani). Baku: Mütərcim. p. 339. Archived from the original on 2023-11-14. Retrieved 2023-11-14.
- ^ Rasulzade, Məhəmməd Əmin (1990). The Azerbaijan Republic: Its Nature, Formation, and Current State (PDF) (in Azerbaijani). Baku: Elm Publishing. p. 79. Archived from the original on 2022-07-05. Retrieved 2023-11-07.