Mir Mehdi Khazani | |
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| Born | c. 1819 Məmər village, Bargyushad district of theKarabakh khanate |
| Died | 1894 (aged 74–75) |
| Notable works | Kitabi-tarihi-Garabag (The Book of the History of Karabakh) |
| Children | Hamza |
Mir Mehdi Khazani (c. 1819—1894) was anAzerbaijani historian, poet and teacher.[1]
Mir Mehdi was born in about 1819 in the village ofMəmər of the Bargyushad mahal (district) of theKarabakh Khanate in the family of Mir Hashim Bey.[2] He received his primary education in amadrasa. In his research, N. Guliyev, who studied the life and work of Mir Mehdi Khazani, reports that he moved to the village ofShykhymly inKarabakh in 1830, toGanja in 1838, was engaged in teaching there, returned to Shykhymly again at the invitation of Molla Refi bey, and finally at the invitation of his son-in-law he moved to the village ofTugh inDizak (Karabakh) in 1859.[2][3]
Here he continued his teaching activities. Mir Mehdi Khazani in love with his language, wrote a work for children in theAzerbaijani language, which tells about the dogmas ofIslam.[2] This work was published in 1884.[4]
His main work as a historian is the work “Kitabi-tarihi-Garabag” (The Book of the History ofKarabakh) written after 1870.[5][6] Mir Mehdi also became famous as a poet. He wrote poetry under the pseudonym Khazani.[2]
He died in the village ofTugh in 1894[2][3] leaving one son named Hamza.
In 1989, his works were published in book form. A few years ago, the manuscript of Mir Mehdi Khazani's collection of poems entitled "Collection of Imagination" was received at the Institute of Manuscripts named afterM. Fizuli of theAzerbaijan National Academy of Sciences.[3][4]
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