Jafargulu agha Javanshir
Jafargulu agha Javanshir (Azerbaijani: Cəfərqulu xan Məhəmmədhəsən ağa oğlu Sarıcalı-Cavanşir; 1787 — 1866) was an Azerbaijani poet and public figure and was a major-general of the Russian Army.[1][2]
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Born | 1787 Shusha, Karabakh Khanate |
Died | 1867 Shusha, Russian Empire |
Occupation | Poet, public figure, major-general of the Imperial Russian Army |
Children | Abdullapasha Agha, Kerim Agha and Hidayet Agha. |
Biography
Javargulu Agha was born in 1787, in Shusha. He was the elder son of Mammadhasan agha Javanshir, a 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 the Karabakh Khanate by the Russian government” and conferred a gold medal with the 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 Ibrahim Khalil 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 two times:
- Ajaibnisa khanum (daughter of Tuni bey from Banazur, an Armenian)
- Abdullapasha agha (c. 1803 - before 1860) - married his own cousin Gullü begüm (daughter of Khanjan agha, his uncle), had 5 daughters
- Karim agha (c. 1807 - c. 1852)
- Yetar khanim (daughter of Huseyngulu beg).
- Hidayat agha (c. 1823 - c. 1888) - married Sharafjahan begüm (b. 1836), daughter of Abra Khan (son of Jafarqoli khan Donboli) and Azad Begüm (daughter of Ibrahimkhalil khan)
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.