Yusif Ziya Talibzadeh, Akhund Yusif Talibzadeh or Yusif Talibzadeh Tiflisi(In Azerbaijan Yusif Talibzadə)as an Azerbaijani educator, politician, playwright, and soldier.
He wrote the dramas "Armanusa" and "Amir Khalid bin Walid" and dozens of books. He wrote publicist articles in newspapers and magazines published at that time.
He participated in the Balkan wars and the First World War. He led the Azerbaijani volunteers who fought in the Balkan wars. He rose to the rank of colonel in the Ottoman army. In 1918, he came to Azerbaijan together with the Caucasian Islamic Army for the liberation of Baku. He led the auxiliary regiment of volunteers of the Caucasus Islamic Army.
From February 1921, he started working as a member of the Nakhchivan Revolutionary Committee. He was appointed as the military commissar of Nakhchivan in the rank of general.
He participated in the Basmachi movement and fought against the Bolsheviks. He died on May 18, 1923, in one of the battles against the Bolsheviks.
Biography
Yusif Ziya Talibzadeh was born on January 22, 1877 in Shaitanbazar neighborhood in Tiflis. He received his first education at the Rushdia school located in Tiflis under the Transcaucasia spiritual administration. In 1894, he moved to Khorasan with his family. During his studies there he was influenced by his teacher from Urmia, Yusif Ziya, and took the nickname "Ziya". At the request of his father, he entered the Mirza Jafar madrasa and received spiritual education here. After graduating here, he completed his education in Baghdad. During his studies, he learned Turkish, Arabic, Persian and Russian languages perfectly. In 1899, he returned to Tiflis with his mother. Here he passed the exam at the Transcaucasian Clergy Department and received the rank of akhund. Although he was appointed to the Shah Abbas Mosque for service, he refused and moved to Baku in 1900.
Activity
After arriving in Baku, on September 15, 1900, he passed the inspection commission to work in the Russian-Tatar school. After successfully passing the exam, a sharia teacher is appointed to the school. After moving to Baku, he met Haji Zeynalabdin Taghiyev, Nariman Narimanov, Habib Bey Mahmudbeyov and other intellectuals. In 1902, "Tahsili-gavaid" related to the grammar of the Azerbaijani language, and in 1903 "Hadiyyi-nisvan", which talks about the education of women in the Islamic world, and "The biography of Mr. Haji Zeynalabdin Taghiyev, famous for his wealth and generosity", dedicated to Haji Zeynalabdin Taghiyev, "Teacher-Sharia", in 1904 "Tealumush-Sharia", in 1905 "The Truth of Islam", in 1907 "Islam History", in 1913 "Letters from Turkey" were published. In 1900–1910, various publishers of Baku published more than 10 booklets and treatises on topics related to Islam. The book "Muallimus-Sharia" was published three times in 1903, 1908, 1909. He translated Nariman Narimanov's "Nadir Shah" into Persian. In 1904, in Baku, he printed a map called "Islamic history and historical-historical map of places and map of Islamic countries".
In addition to his scientific and pedagogical activities, he also published journalistic articles in newspapers and magazines published at that time. Since 1903, articles on Islam have been published in "Sharqi-rus" newspaper. From 1905 to 1913, articles signed by "Akhund Yusif Talibzade" were published in newspapers and magazines such as "Hayat", "Irshad", "Fuyuzat", "Taraqqi", "Yeni fuyuzat", "Shalala".
After the Quran was first translated into Azerbaijani by Mirmohammed Karim Mirjafarzadeh, it was printed with the financial support of Haji Zeynalabdin Taghiyev. One of the printed books was sent as a gift to the Ottoman sultan Abdulhamid II. Yusif Ziya Talibzade was assigned to deliver this gift and Haji Zeynalabdin Taghiyev's letter to the sultan. Based on the article written by Naghi Bey Sheykhzamanli in 1957, the gifted book was decorated with precious jewelry and diamonds worth 4,000 gold lira. According to the article written by Kamal Talibzadeh in 1992, 50 of the books were printed with gold water and were made valuable. And the cover of the gifted book was made of thick silver, and the words "La ilaha illallah, Muhammedan Rasulillah" were written in the middle.
Since 1910, he started more social and political activities. In 1910, he published his work "Letters from Turkey" about his days in Turkey. He writes journalistic articles in the press. He wrote the dramas "Armenusa" and "Amir Khalid bin Walid". The tragedy "Armenusa" was performed in 1910, and the tragedy "Amir Khalid bin Walid" in 1912 by the drama team of Nijat society.
He is one of the first members of the Musavat party established in 1911.