Karim agha Shakikhanov

Karim agha Shakikhanov (Azerbaijani: Kərim ağa Şəkixanov, pen-name Fateh) was an Azerbaijani poet and historian.

Karim agha Shakikhanov
Born1788
Shaki, Shaki Khanate
Died10 December 1858(1858-12-10) (aged 70)
Shaki, Russian Empire
NationalityAzerbaijani
Other namesFateh
OccupationHistorian, Poet
Notable work
Brief History of Shaki Khans
Parent(s)

Biography

He was born in 1788 to Fatali Khan and Khurshid khanum from Quba in Shaki, Shaki Khanate. He received private education in palace, had an excellent command of Arabic and Persian languages. He was described as a pious person by Firidun bey Kocharli and was included in his major academic work entitled Topics on the History of Azerbaijani Literature.[1] He wrote mostly in Persian and alongside his native Azerbaijani.

Works
  • Diwan — Now lost. Probably in Persian language.
  • Ghazal dedicated to Prophet Muhammad.
  • Ghazal in Azerbaijani.
  • Brief History of Shaki Khans — written in Azerbaijani, included in Bernhard Dorn's "Excerpts from Muhammedan writers" in 1858.[2] However he mistakenly attributed the book to some certain Haji Abdullatif Afandi, while Azerbaijani poet Salman Mumtaz concluded that in fact it was Karim Shakikhanov's work.[3] It was republished in 1958, this time under the name of Karim agha. According to Azerbaijani historian Adalat Tahirzada, book might be commissioned by Ivan Paskevich - Russian general in Caucasus.[4]

Family

He had 4 sons (Abdulhamid, Mustafa, Ismail, Jafar and Gullu khanum and 1 daughter),[5] some were buried in Shaki Khan's Mosque:

Name Tombstone Birth Date Death Date Relation
Karim agha Shakikhanov c. 1788 10 December 1858 Himself
Mustafa agha Shakikhanov c. 1831 5 November 1895 Son of Karim agha
Gullu khanum Shakikhanova 19 November 1858 Daughter of Karim agha

References
  1. Kocharli, Firidun bey (2005). Azerbaijani Literature (Vol 1). Qänbärqızı, Ruqiyyä. Bakı: Avrasiya Press. p. 440. ISBN 9952421166 Check |isbn= value: checksum (help). OCLC 837968266.
  2. Dorn, Boris Andreevich (1858). Auszüge aus Muhammedanischen Schriftstellern: betreffend die Geschichte und Geographie der südlichen Küstenländer des Kaspischen Meeres : nebst einer kurzen Geschichte der Chane von Scheki (in German). St. Peterburg: Eggers. p. 12. OCLC 28162672.
  3. Mumtaz, Salman (1929). "Criticism and comments on "Brief History of Shaki Khans"". Maarif İşçisi [Enlightenment Worker] (in Azerbaijani). 2: 85–90.
  4. History of Shaki in Sources. Tahirzadä, Ädalät., Azärbaycan Milli Elmlär Akademiyası. Şäki Regional Elmi Märkäzi. Bakı: Master. 2005. p. 17. ISBN 0976995409. OCLC 64428641.CS1 maint: others (link)
  5. BERZHE, A. (2014). AKTY, SOBRANNYE KAVKAZSKOJ ARHEOGRAFICHESKOJ KOMISSIEJ TOM 5 CHAST 1. [S.l.]: BOOK ON DEMAND LTD. p. 1120. ISBN 978-5458678100. OCLC 972599590.
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