Teymur bey Makinsky () was an Azerbaijani nobleman who served as

Minister of Justice A justice ministry, ministry of justice, or department of justice is a ministry or other government agency in charge of the administration of justice. The ministry or department is often headed by a minister of justice (minister for justice in a ...

Azerbaijan Democratic Republic The Azerbaijan Democratic Republic), or simply as Azerbaijan in Paris Peace Conference, 1919–1920,''Bulletin d'Information de l'Azerbaidjan'', No. I, September 1, 1919, pp. 6–7''125 H.C.Debs.'', 58., February 24, 1920, p. 1467. Caucasian A ...

between 1918 and 1919.

Background and early life

He was born on 18 April 1874 in Malaklu,

Surmalu uezd The Surmalu uezd was a county (''uezd'') of the Erivan Governorate of the Caucasus Viceroyalty of the Russian Empire. It bordered the governorate's Etchmiadzin and Erivan uezds to the north, the Kars Oblast to the west, Persia to the east, and th ...

of the

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(modern Melekli, Iğdır) to Muhammadquli bey who was from Makinsky family—a family that originally hailed from

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of Maku. His grandfather Mehdiquli bey () was a militia praporschik serving in Erivan Governorate. While his great-grandfather was

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who ruled

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between 1778–1822. He had two younger brothers— Zulfuqar bey Makinsky who served as a parliamentarian in the national assembly of the First Republic of Armenia, and Aga bey Makinski who also tried to run in the Armenian election, though unsuccessfully.

Education and career under Russian Empire

He graduated from the Erivan Male Gymnasium with a silver medal on , after whichhe entered the law faculty of the

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. In 1896, he transferred to the Faculty of Law of the Imperial Warsaw University, from which he graduated with a diploma of the 1st degree and on , appointed as a junior candidate for a judicial position at the Erivan District Court. In 1899 he was promoted to the rank of collegiate secretary (a civil rank corresponding to the rank of

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in the army). A year later he became titular adviser (corresponding to captain). In 1901, after serving different

uyezds An uezd (also spelled uyezd; rus, уе́зд, p=ʊˈjest), or povit in a Ukrainian context ( uk, повіт), or Kreis in Baltic-German context, was a type of administrative subdivision of the Grand Duchy of Moscow, the Russian Empire, and the ea ...

of Erivan Governorate for 4 years, he was assigned to the Ministry and sent serve as judicial investigator of the 1st section of the Blagodarnensky district of the

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district court. In 1903, Makinsky was promoted to the rank of

collegiate assessor The Table of Ranks (russian: Табель о рангах, Tabel' o rangakh) was a formal list of positions and ranks in the military, government, and court of Imperial Russia. Peter the Great introduced the system in 1722 while engaged in a s ...

. 3 years later he was reassigned as assistant prosecutor of the

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District Court and in 1909 became court councillor. He was again promoted to collegiate councillor in 1912. He became a member of the Yekaterinodar District Court in 1916 but was transferred to

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Court Chamber in 1917 as member.

Career under Azerbaijan Democratic Republic

After moving to Tiflis, just in 6 months he became a member of the Muslim faction of the Transcaucasian Seim, and after its self-dissolution, he became a member of the National Council of Azerbaijan. According to the law of the National Council of November 19, 1918 "On the formation of the Azerbaijani Parliament", he was included in the Parliament of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic without elections. On December 26, 1918 he was elected to the Parliamentary Commission for elections to the Constituent Assembly. From June to October 1918 worked as Deputy Minister of Justice in the Second Cabinet, and from October 20 to the end of December he was the diplomatic representative of Azerbaijan to Armenia. He was elected chairman of the board of the Muslim community of the Erivan province, which was established in January 1919 in Baku. From December 26, 1918 to March 14, 1919 he served as Minister of Justice in the Third Cabinet. On July 7, 1919, he was transferred to the post of chairman of the Azerbaijan Military Court. And in March 1920, he was again appointed to the post of diplomatic representative of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic to the Armenian government. After the fall of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic on May 15, 1920, the activities of the diplomatic mission in

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were terminated by the Armenian government. The Prosecutor's Office of Armenia opened a criminal case against Makinsky because he, being the head of the diplomatic mission, provided material assistance to Azerbaijani rebels in Zangibasar. However, with the assistance of the permanent representation of Georgia in Armenia, he was able to secretly leave Yerevan and arrived in

Tiflis Tbilisi ( ; ka, თბილისი ), in some languages still known by its pre-1936 name Tiflis ( ), is the capital and the largest city of Georgia, lying on the banks of the Kura River with a population of approximately 1.5 million pe ...

on May 28. There is no reliable information about the further fate of Teymur bey Makinsky.

Awards

Order of St. Anna The Imperial Order of Saint Anna (russian: Орден Святой Анны; also "Order of Saint Anne" or "Order of Saint Ann") was a Holstein ducal and then Russian imperial order of chivalry. It was established by Karl Friedrich, Duke of Holst ...

3rd class () * Bronze medal in memory of

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() * Order of St. Stanislav 2nd class. ({{Old Style Date, 3 December, 1914, 20 November)

References

1874 births People from Erivan Governorate Jurists from the Russian Empire Azerbaijan Democratic Republic politicians Ambassadors of Azerbaijan to Armenia University of Warsaw alumni Azerbaijani nobility Members of the National Assembly of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic Azerbaijani people of Iranian descent Year of death unknown