Ämirxanov Möxämmätfatix Zarif ulı Fatix Ämirxan (; 1886–1926) was a

Tatar The Tatars ()Tatar
in the Collins English Dictionary is an umbrella term for different

classic writer, editor and publicist. Ämirxan was born in 1886 in

Kazan Kazan ( ; rus, Казань, p=kɐˈzanʲ; tt-Cyrl, Казан, ''Qazan'', IPA: ɑzan is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Tatarstan in Russia. The city lies at the confluence of the Volga and the Kazanka rivers, covering a ...

Russian Empire The Russian Empire was an empire and the final period of the Russian monarchy from 1721 to 1917, ruling across large parts of Eurasia. It succeeded the Tsardom of Russia following the Treaty of Nystad, which ended the Great Northern War. ...

. His father was a

mullah Mullah (; ) is an honorific title for Shia and Sunni Muslim clergy or a Muslim mosque leader. The term is also sometimes used for a person who has higher education in Islamic theology and sharia law. The title has also been used in some Miz ...

of Old Stone Mosque Möxämmätzarif Ämirxanov, an author of

Qur'an The Quran (, ; Standard Arabic: , Quranic Arabic: , , 'the recitation'), also romanized Qur'an or Koran, is the central religious text of Islam, believed by Muslims to be a revelation from God. It is organized in 114 chapters (pl.: , sing. ...

ical

tafsir Tafsir ( ar, تفسير, tafsīr ) refers to exegesis, usually of the Quran. An author of a ''tafsir'' is a ' ( ar, مُفسّر; plural: ar, مفسّرون, mufassirūn). A Quranic ''tafsir'' attempts to provide elucidation, explanation, in ...

and the founder of the ''Ämirxaniä''

madrassa Madrasa (, also , ; Arabic: مدرسة , pl. , ) is the Arabic word for any type of educational institution, secular or religious (of any religion), whether for elementary instruction or higher learning. The word is variously transliterated '' ...

. Ämirxan graduated '' Möxämmädiä'' madrassa in

, that was the most prominent Tatar educational institution at that time. In 1906-1907 he lived in

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and

Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

, where he published a Tatar journal for children. Working in Kazan, Ämirxan was an editor of ''Äl-İslax'' (''The Renewal''), he was published in newspapers ''Qoyaş'' (''The Sun''), ''Yoldız'' (''The star''), ''İdel'' (''

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''), journals ''Yalt-yolt'' (''The Lightning'') and ''Añ'' (''The Consciousness ''). Fatix Ämirxan is an author of the stories ''Fätxulla

hazrat ''Hazrat, , ,'' or ' ( ar, حَضْرَة, ḥaḍra, pl. ''ḥaḍrāt''; Persian: pronounced or ) is a common Bangladeshi, Indian, Pakistani, Iranian, Afghan, and honorific Arabic and Turkish title used to honour a person. It literally deno ...

'' (''Fätxulla xäzrät'') (1909), ''Xäyät'' (1911), plays ''The Youth'' (''Yäşlär'') (1913), ''The Unequal'' (''Tigezsezlär'') (1915), novel ''Half Way Along'' (''Urtalıqta'') (1912). in this writings he had reflected the problems of Tatar society in the beginning of the 20th century, tried to imagine the human behavior of the

future generations Future generations are cohorts of hypothetical people not yet born. Future generations are contrasted with current and past generations, and evoked in order to encourage thinking about intergenerational equity. The moral patienthood of future ge ...

. In 1926 ''Uncle Şäfiğulla'' he criticized the dogmatism and fanaticism of the

Bolshevism Bolshevism (from Bolshevik) is a revolutionary socialist current of Soviet Marxist–Leninist political thought and political regime associated with the formation of a rigidly centralized, cohesive and disciplined party of social revolution, fo ...

. This satiric novel was published only in 1991. Ämirxan was a follower of realism and upheld national character in literature. Fatix Ämirxan explored the heritage of Tatar enlighteners, such as Qayum Nasíri, wrote articles on the works of Ğäliäsğar Kamal, Ğafur Qoläxmätov. Ämirxan was one of the admirers of Tuqay's literary works and his close friend. For many years Ämirxan was paralyzed and eventually died of

pulmonary tuberculosis Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease usually caused by ''Mycobacterium tuberculosis'' (MTB) bacteria. Tuberculosis generally affects the lungs, but it can also affect other parts of the body. Most infections show no symptoms, in w ...

in 1926.

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