Karim bey Mehmandarov
Karim bey Mehmandarov Kərim bəy Mehmandarov | |
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| Born | 2 December 1854 |
| Died | 20 December 1929 (aged 75) |
| Nationality | Azerbaijani |
| Occupation(s) | Therapeutist, surgeon |
| Spouse | Princess Zari Qajar |
| Relatives | Samad bey Mehmandarov |
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Abdul Karim bey Mirza Mustafa bey oghlu Mehmandarov (Azerbaijani: Əbdül Kərim bəy Mirzə Mustafa bəy oğlu Mehmandarov, 2 December 1854, Shusha–20 December 1929, Shusha) was a Russian Empire and Soviet medical doctor of Azerbaijani ethnicity. He was one of the first ethnic Azerbaijanis to graduate from the Medico-Surgical Academy in St. Petersburg, one of the leaders of the Shusha educational society "Neshr Maarif", founder of the first Russian-Azerbaijani Shusha school for girls.[2]
Early life
[edit]He was born in 1854 in Shusha, as a member of the Azerbaijani noble family Mehmandarovs. His father Mirza Mustafa was an Imperial Russian officer, while his grandfather Mirza Ali was a mehmandar (an official courier appointed to escort an important traveller) of Ibrahim Khalil Khan, the origin of the surname. He graduated from Baku Gymnasium (1872) and St. Petersburg Medical-Surgical Academy (1877), then worked in a military hospital during Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878) and combated diphtheria outbreak in Poltava Guberniya.[1] He later served in 162nd Akhaltsikhe regiment as a doctor. Having returned to Azerbaijan in 1883, he continued his practice.[1]
Political activities
[edit]He was elected to head Shusha local committee of "Difai" - a secret Azerbaijani organization.[3] Several Russian officers were assassinated under his commands - Shusha prosecutor Lunyakin, Elizabethpol police chief Bannikov and Tartar police chief Felikinski were all killed under his orders. He died in 1929 in Shusha.
Family
[edit]He married had an affair with a Petersburger woman named Alexandra Dolganova who by then studied at the Women's Medical Courses with whom he had a son who would grow to be the famous doctor - Mikhail Tushinsky. He officially was married to Zarri Qajar (1864-1943), a daughter of Bahman Mirza in 1884 with whom he had 3 sons and 4 daughters:
- Adil beg Mehmandarov (1885-1937) - engineer and teacher
- Rashid beg Mehmandarov (1885-1937) - officer at Azerbaijani army
- Surkhay beg Mehmandarov (1890-?)
- Turan Mehmandarova - married to Fatulla beg Rustambegov
- Kubra Mehmandarova - married to Bala beg Taghi-zadeh
- Nushaba Mehmandarova - married to Shahbaz beg Rustambegov
- Zahra Mehmandarova (1985-1957) - married to firstly to Azad beg Vazirov, then Jumshud beg Vazirov
- Mahbuba Mehmandarova (1902-1976) - married to Shamil Mahmudbekov
Through his daughter Mahbuba he is great-grandfather of Eldar Azizov - current Mayor of Baku, Aliya Rustambayova (1907-1942) - Azerbaijani anti-Nazi partisan and Mustafa Mehmandarov (b.1992) - Azerbaijani musician.[citation needed]
Legacy
[edit]The Central Hospital and a street in Shusha, Azerbaijan are named after him.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Azerbaijani Soviet Encyclopedia (1982), vol. 6, p. 470
- ^ Galina Mikeladze. Неизвестные страницы жизни Абдул Керима Мехмандарова - Очерк (in Russian). 1news.az. Retrieved 2014-01-03.
- ^ Swietochowski, Tadeusz, 1934-2017. (2002). Russian Azerbaijan, 1905-1920 : the shaping of national identity in a Muslim community. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 44. ISBN 0521522455. OCLC 49594100.
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- People from Shusha
- 1854 births
- 1929 deaths
- Azerbaijani nobility
- Azerbaijani physicians
- Recipients of the Order of Saint Stanislaus (Russian)
- Recipients of the Order of St. Anna, 3rd class
- Recipients of the Order of St. Vladimir
- Soviet military doctors
- Physicians from the Russian Empire
- Soviet Azerbaijani people
- Recipients of the Order of St. Anna, 2nd class