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Mirza Fatali Akhundov
Mirza Fatali Akhundov, also known as Mirza Fatali Akhundzade, or Mirza Fath-Ali Akhundzadeh, was a celebrated Iranian Azerbaijani author, playwright, atheist, philosopher, and literary critic who lived most of his life in the Russian Empire. He became famous mainly for his European-inspired plays written in Azerbaijani.
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culture · Iranian Azerbaijani author (1812–1878) · writer · playwright · literary critic · philosopher · poet · translator · also Mirza Fatali Akhundov, Mirza Fatali Akhundzade, Mirza Fath-Ali Akhundzadeh, Mirza Fath Ali Akhundzadeh, Mirza Fatali Axundov, Akhundov
Born 12 July 1812 · Died 10 March 1878 · Q315158
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1878· 1 entry
Died 1878-03-10.
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1859· 1 entry
Akhundzade published his short but famous novel The Deceived Stars
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1834· 1 entry
Akhundzade moved to Tiflis (present-day Tbilisi, Georgia), and spent the rest of his life working as a translator of Oriental languages in the service of the Russian Empire's Viceroyalty
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1833· 1 entry
Entered the Russian school opened in Shaki, and after studying there for a year he went to Tbilisi in 1834
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1832· 1 entry
Akhundov was sent to the Shah Abbas Mosque in Ganja to study logic and Islamic jurisprudence with the Shia theologian Akhund Molla Hossein
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1825· 2 entries
Akhundov, his mother and Haji Ali Asghar briefly stayed at Nukha before moving to Ganja
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Akhundov returned to Shaki with his family
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1818· 1 entry
Decided to leave Khamaneh, taking Akhundov with her
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1814· 1 entry
Akhundov was taken by his parents to Khamaneh
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1813· 1 entry
Iran and Russia agreed to the Treaty of Gulistan, which resulted in Shaki, along with other territories, coming under Russian rule
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1812· 2 entries
Born 1812-07-12.
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In the town of Nukha (present-day Shaki), which served as the capital of the Shaki Khanate
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1811· 1 entry
It was taken by Mirza Fatali Akhundov's father Mirza Mohammad Taghi
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