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Jun 21, 1794 Amirjan, Azerbaijan Died on 31 May 1847 (aged 52)
Azerbaijani writer and scholar
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About Abbasgulu Bakikhanov
- Abbasgulu Bakikhanov (Azerbaijani: Abbasqulu aga Bakixanov Qüdsi) (21 June 1794, Amirjan – 31 May 1847, Wadi Fatima, near Jeddah), Abbas Qoli Bakikhanov, or Abbas-Qoli ibn Mirza Mohammad (Taghi) Khan Badkubi was an Azerbaijani writer, historian, journalist, linguist, poet and philosopher. He was son of the third khan of Baku Mirza Muhammad Khan II.
- He later served as an officer in the Imperial Russian Army and participated in the Russo-Persian War of 1826-1828.
- He later retired and settled in Quba, but traveled extensively within Russia, meeting important literary figures as Alexander Pushkin. Also known by his pen name Qodsi / Qudsi / Gudsi (Azeri: Qüdsi), Bakikhanov is referred to by many Azerbaijani scholars as being one of the "earliest (Azerbaijani) intellectuals and historians".
- He is credited with being the first person that wrote a proper "scholarly monograph on the history of greater Shirvan"; the area that would later make up most of the Republic of Azerbaijan.
- His Qanun-e Qudsi, was the first Persian grammar manual published in history.
