Abbasgulu Bakikhanov
Abbasgulu agha Bakikhanov (Azerbaijani: Abbasqulu ağa Bakıxanov) (21 June [O.S. 3 July] 1794, Amirjan – January 1847, Wadi Fatimah, 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. 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.
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Abbasqulu Bakıxanov | |
| Born | 21 June [O.S. 3 July] 1794 Amirjan, Baku Khanate, Qajar Iran |
| Died | January 1847 (aged 52–53) Wadi Fatimah, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia |
| Other names | Qodsi (pen name) |
| Occupation(s) | writer, historian, journalist, linguist, poet and philosopher |
| Known for | Father of Azerbaijani historiography |
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| Family | Bakikhanovs |
Also known by his pen name Qodsi (Azeri: Qüdsi), many Azerbaijani scholars view Bakikhanov as among their first thinkers and historians. He is credited with being the first person that wrote a "scholarly monograph on the history of greater Shirvan"; the area that would later make up most of the Republic of Azerbaijan. His Qanun-e Qodsi, was the first Persian grammar manual published.