Abbasgulu Bakıkhanov

Abbasgulu agha Bakıkhanov ( Azerbaijani Abbasqulu ağa Bakıxanov Qüdsi , born June 4, 1794 in Baku , † 1847 in Jeddah ) was an Azerbaijani poet , writer , scientist , philosopher and translator . Abbasgulu agha Bakıkhanov, who was one of the founders of the realistic trend in Azerbaijani literature of the 19th century, laid the foundations of the history of the region with his work Gulustani-Iram .

He wrote poetry in Azerbaijani, Arabic and Persian under the pseudonym Gudsi . He was one of the founders of the scientific and literary association called Gulustan in Guba (1835). From 1820 to 1830 he participated in the signing of the Peace of Gulistan (1813) and the Peace of Turkmanchai (1828) as a translator while serving in the tsarist army .

Biography

Abbas Mirza met with General Ivan Fyodorovich Paskevich . Bakıkhanov as translator was present at this meeting.

Abbasgulu agha Bakıkhanov was born on June 4, 1794 in the village of Amirjan (formerly Khila), Baku city, to a wealthy family. His father was II Mirza Mahammad Khan, descendant of the Baku Khans, his mother was his wife Sofiya, who was Georgian and had accepted Islam. He lived in Baku until the age of eight and spent his childhood in the villages of Əmircan, Balakhani and Mashtaga of Absheron District.

In 1802 his father was defeated by his cousin Huseyngulu Khan in the battle for the throne and after this defeat he was forced to live in the village of Amsar in the Quba district , which had previously been given to him by his uncle Fatali Khan. Abasgulu Khan lived there until 1819 and continued his education. There he learned Arabic and Persian and read many literary works in these languages. In addition to the oriental languages, he tried to learn literature, theology and philosophy.

In 1819 Bakikhanov arrived at the invitation of the then Chief Judge of the Caucasus, General Alexei Petrovich Yermolov , to Tbilisi . There he was hired as a translator for oriental languages in the Caucasus Main Military Department and worked as a translator for 26 years. The surroundings of Tbilisi and the meetings with European and Russian poets and intellectuals left a lasting impression. There he met AS Griboyedov, who read the first version of his works. The German poet Friedrich von Bodenstedt , who was living in the city of Tbilisi at the time, valued Abbasgulu Bakıkhanov's creativity in his Thousand and One Days in the Orient .

In 1826 Bakikhanov married Sakina. He was friends with the poets Alexander Sergejewitsch Gribojedow , Friedrich von Bodenstedt, Fazil Khan Sheyda, Mirza Schaffy Wazeh , Mirzə Fətəli Axundov and others. He was in South Azerbaijan in 1827. In the years 1833 and 1834 he lived in Warsaw and St. Petersburg and met the family of the Russian poet Alexander Sergejewitsch Pushkin . In 1835 he returned to Quba and founded the Gulustan literary community .

Individual evidence

↑ Who was Bakikhanov? He was a “universal” man: a thinker, an historian, a diplomat, a scientist, a military officer, a teacher and also a poet.
↑ Родословная таблица Кубинских ханов. Акты, собранные Кавказской археографической комиссией. - Тифлис, 1875. - Т. VI, ч.II. - pp. 907-908

personal data
SURNAME	Bakıkhanov, Abbasgulu
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Abbasqulu ağa Bakıxanov Qüdsi
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Azerbaijani writer, scientist, philosopher and translator
DATE OF BIRTH	around 1794
PLACE OF BIRTH	Baku
DATE OF DEATH	1847
Place of death	Jeddah

[1] Who was Bakikhanov? He was a “universal” man: a thinker, an historian, a diplomat, a scientist, a military officer, a teacher and also a poet.

[2] Родословная таблица Кубинских ханов. Акты, собранные Кавказской археографической комиссией. - Тифлис, 1875. - Т. VI, ч.II. - pp. 907-908