Mirza Abdulgadir Vusagi or Abdulgadir Ismayilzada (1865, Sayadli village,
Khizi district
Khizi District ( az, Xızı rayonu) is one of the 66 districts of Azerbaijan. It is located in the east of the country and belongs to the Absheron-Khizi Economic Region. The district borders the districts of Siyazan, Shabran, Quba, Shamakhi, Go ...
– 1914,
Baku
Baku (, ; az, Bakı ) is the capital and largest city of Azerbaijan, as well as the largest city on the Caspian Sea and of the Caucasus region. Baku is located below sea level, which makes it the lowest lying national capital in the world a ...
) was an Azerbaijani poet and writer. He is the author of the libretto for the operas "
Shah Ismail
Ismail I ( fa, اسماعیل, Esmāʿīl, ; July 17, 1487 – May 23, 1524), also known as Shah Ismail (), was the founder of the Safavid dynasty of Iran, ruling as its King of Kings (''Shahanshah'') from 1501 to 1524. His reign is often c ...
" and "
Seyfal mulk", the dramatic creations "Yusif and Zuleikha", "Ali Khan" and "Shahzade Ismail". He is the father of
Mikayil Mushfig
Mikayil Mushfig ( az, Mikayıl Müşfiq, born Mikayil Ismayilzade) (5 June 1908, Baku – 6 January 1938, Baku) was an Azerbaijani poet of the 1930s.
Most of his poetry is about romance, nature, feelings. Despite this, he soon became one of ...
.
Biography and creation
Abdulgadir Ismailzada was born in 1865 in
Khizi
Khizi ( az, Xızı) is the capital of the Khizi District of Azerbaijan. As of 2020, it has a population of 1,600.
The city of Khizi is located on the southern slope of the Greater Caucasus mountain range. However, the mountains located in the cit ...
, in the village of Sayadli. His father, Molla Ismayil, was a famous teacher in Khizi. Abdulgadir received his primary education from his father, and for a deeper study of the Arabic language, he studied from kazi of
Guba Akhund Zaki. For some time, he taught at his father's school.In 1902, he moved to Baku, where he continued his teaching activity. For a while he taught to Jafar Jabbarli. In 1905, he entered a two-year pedagogical course on a new method of education, opened by the "Nashri-Maarif" association. After completing the courses, he began teaching according to the new methodology. In 1908, he received an invitation from the Saadat school in Baku, where he worked for the rest of his life.
Mirza Abdulgadir's poems, which he wrote under the pseudonym of "Vusagi", were published in the newspapers and magazines of that time.
Muslim Magomayev wrote his opera “Shah Ismayil” based on the poem “Shahzada Ismail” by Mirza Abdulgadir. Vusagi also wrote the libretto for the operas "
Shah Ismayil" and "
Seyfal mulk". Two librettos - "Yusif and Zuleikha" and "Ali Khan" - remained unfinished.
Mirza Abdulgadir Vusagi died in 1914 in
Baku
Baku (, ; az, Bakı ) is the capital and largest city of Azerbaijan, as well as the largest city on the Caspian Sea and of the Caucasus region. Baku is located below sea level, which makes it the lowest lying national capital in the world a ...
.
Memory and legacy
After the arrest of the famous Azerbaijani poet Mikayil Mushfig on 4 June 1937, dozens of books and hundreds of manuscripts were confiscated from his house. Subsequently, the confiscated works were deemed "insignificant" and were burned on 13 October 1937. Most likely, among these destroyed books and manuscripts there were the works of Mirza Abdulgadir Vusagi's.
In the city of Khizi, there is a street in the name of Mirza Abdulgadir Vusagi.
Family
In 1904, Vusagi married Zuleikha Ismailzada. From this marriage were born Mirza Ismailzada, Boyukkhanym Ismailzada, Balajakhanym Ismailzada, Mikayil Ismailzada (
Mikayil Mushfig
Mikayil Mushfig ( az, Mikayıl Müşfiq, born Mikayil Ismayilzade) (5 June 1908, Baku – 6 January 1938, Baku) was an Azerbaijani poet of the 1930s.
Most of his poetry is about romance, nature, feelings. Despite this, he soon became one of ...
).
See also
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Jafar Jabbarly
Jafar Gafar oglu Jabbarly, ( az, Cəfər Qafar oğlu Cabbarlı, 20 March 1899, Khizi – 31 December 1934, Baku) was an Azerbaijani playwright, poet, director and screenwriter.
Life
After his father's death in 1902, Jabbarli's mother moved to Bak ...
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Mikayil Mushfig
Mikayil Mushfig ( az, Mikayıl Müşfiq, born Mikayil Ismayilzade) (5 June 1908, Baku – 6 January 1938, Baku) was an Azerbaijani poet of the 1930s.
Most of his poetry is about romance, nature, feelings. Despite this, he soon became one of ...
References
Literature
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1865 births
Azerbaijani-language poets
1914 deaths
Poets from the Russian Empire