Jafargulu agha Javanshir | |
|---|---|
| Personal details | |
| Born |
1787 |
| Died |
1867 (aged 79–80) Shusha, Karabakh Khanate, Azerbaijan, Russian Empire |
| Children | Abdullapasha Agha, Kerim Agha and Hidayet Agha. |
| Occupation | Poet, public figure, major-general of the Imperial Russian Army |
Jafargulu agha Javanshir (Azerbaijani language: Cəfərqulu xan Məhəmmədhəsən ağa oğlu Sarıcalı-Cavanşir; 1787 — 1866) – is an Azerbaijani poet and public figure and was a major-general of the Russian Army.[1][2]
Biography[]
Javargulu Agha was born in 1787, in Shusha. He was elder son of Mammadhasan agha Javanshir – major-general of the Russian army and legatee of Ibrahimkhalil khan of Karabakh.[3] After his father’s death in November, 1805 “he was recognized as a legal heir of Karabakh Khanate by Russian Government” and conferred a gold medal with an inscription “Karabakh’s Legatee”. Nevertheless, Jafargulu Agha’s uncle major-general Mehdigulu khan was promoted to khan of Karabakh “for political reasons” by a supreme order, after murder of Ibrahimkhalil khan, by lieutenant-colonel Lisanevich in 1806.
Jafargulu Agha was especially distinguished during the Russo-Persian War on 1804-1813, when he destroyed Iranians under Ordubad and Qafan, in 1806, by commanding horse cavalry of Karabakh. On January 2, 1807 he was promoted directly to colonel by a supreme order.
On February 20, 1820 colonel Jafargulu Agha was conferred a golden gun “with diamonds and jewel adornments” with a ligature “For Courage”.[4]
Mehdigulu khan carried on a struggle against him, but in the issue he was forced to escape to Iran. Karabakh khanate was abolished and became a province of Russia.[5] Jafargulu Agha wrote poems under a pseudonym “Nava”.[6]
Jafargulu agha died in 1867 and was buried in an ancestral cemetery, in Shusha.
Family[]
He was married to Ajaibnisa khanim Tuni bey gizi and Yetar khanim Huseyngulu bey gizi. From these marriages Jafargulu agha had three sons – Abdullapasha Agha, Kerim Agha and Hidayet Agha. His granddaughter Gamar Bayim Sheyda was famed as a poetess writing rubai and ghazals.[7]
References[]
- ↑ Исмаилов Э.Э. (2002). Ханы Карабахские и их потомки.. Генеалогический вестник. Выпуск 12.. pp. 40–45.
- ↑ Анвар Чингизоглы. (2003). Родословная Мамедгасан-аги.. 2.
- ↑ Акты Кавказской Археографической Комиссии. т. III, ст. 605, 606
- ↑ Э. Э. Исмаилов. Золотое оружие с надписью "За храбрость". Списки кавалеров 1788 - 1913. — Москва, 2007, с. 172
- ↑ Мильман А. Ш. Политический строй Азербайджана в XIX — начале XX веков (административный аппарат и суд, формы и методы колониального управления). — Баку, 1966, с. 67
- ↑ "CӘFӘRQULU XAN "NӘVA" TӘXӘLLÜS". anl.az. http://www.anl.az/el/k/k001/cxn001.htm.
- ↑ Азербайджанский гендерный информационный центр. Qəmər Bəyim Şeyda
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