Azerbaijani declaration of independence
The Azerbaijani Declaration of Independence ( Azerbaijani İstiqlal Bəyannaməsi ) took place on May 28, 1918. The Azerbaijani National Congress prepared the text, eight of its members signed it in Tbilisi, Georgia . These were Hasan bey Aghayev , Feth-Ali Hoyski , Nasib Yusifbeyli , Jamo bey Hajinski , Shafi bey Rustambeyli , Nariman bey Narimanbeyov , Javad Malik-Yeganov and Mustafa Mahmudov .
Background and process
From March 31 to April 2, there were massacres of Muslim people in and around Baku . Then Tbilisi became the headquarters of the Azerbaijani national movement. After the Transcaucasian Democratic-Federal Republic broke up on May 26, 1918, the Azerbaijani part of the former federation was renamed the Azerbaijani National Congress . He quickly took over parliamentary functions and announced the establishment of the Democratic Republic of Azerbaijan on May 28, 1918, commented on by Rasulzade :
“ The National Council of Azerbaijan, in which the Musavat party held the majority, proclaimed the independence of the national republic of Azerbaijan on May 28, 1918, which put an end to the 116 years of foreign rule by the Russians. "
The provisional seat of the Azerbaijani government under Feth-'Ali Hoyski was in Ganğe , as the Russian Bolsheviks continued to operate in Baku . To fight for Baku, the industrial and intellectual center of Azerbaijan , the "Caucasian Islam Army" was set up at the beginning of June 1918, with massive support from Ottoman troops under Enver Pasha .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Hendrik Fenz . From the Spring of Nations to the October Revolution of 1917: The Role of the Azerbaijani Elite in Creating a National Identity. LIT Verlag Münster , 2000. p. 141.