List of Famous people born in Shaki District, Azerbaijan

Bakhtiyar Vahabzadeh

First Name Bakhtiyar
Died on February 13, 2009 (aged 39)

Bakhtiyar Vahabzadeh was an Azerbaijani poet, dramatist, lyricist and translator as well as a college professor and politician. He is often regarded as the second greatest contemporary poet of Azerbaijan, after Samed Vurgun.

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Mirza Fatali Akhundov

First Name Mirza
Last Name Akhundov
Born on July 12, 1812
Died on March 10, 1878 (aged 65)

Mirza Fatali Akhundov, also known as Mirza Fatali Akhundzade or Mirza Fath-Ali Akhundzadeh, was a celebrated Iranian Azerbaijani author, playwright, ultra-nationalist, philosopher, and founder of Azerbaijani modern literary criticism, "who acquired fame primarily as the writer of European-inspired plays in the Azeri Turkic language". Akhundzade singlehandedly opened a new stage of development of Azerbaijani literature. He was also the founder of materialism and atheism movement in the Republic of Azerbaijan and one of forerunners of modern Iranian nationalism. He wrote in Azerbaijani, Persian and Russian.

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Haji Chalabi Khan

First Name Haji
Last Name Khan
Born on November 30, 1702
Died on January 1, 1755 (aged 52)

Haji Chalabi Khan, was a statesman, warlord, khan, ruler and founder of Shaki Khanate.

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Shafiga Akhundova

First Name Shafiga
Born on January 21, 1924
Died on July 26, 2013 (aged 89)

Shafiga Akhundova was a prominent Azerbaijani composer, the first professional female author of an opera in the East and People’s Artist of Azerbaijan. Akhundova was born into a family of an eminent cultural figure Gulam Akhundov.

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Fatali Khan Khoyski

First Name Fatali
Born on December 7, 1875
Died on June 19, 1920 (aged 44)

Fatali Khan Isgender oglu Khoyski was an Azerbaijani attorney, a member of the Second State Duma of the Russian Empire, Minister of Internal Affairs, Minister of Defense and, later the first Prime Minister of the independent Azerbaijan Democratic Republic.

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