Zivar bay Garay bay oglu Ahmadbayov ( az, Zivər bəy Əhmədbəyov 1873,
Shamakhy-1925,
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 the first
Azerbaijani architect
An architect is a person who plans, designs and oversees the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to provide services in connection with the design of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the buildings that h ...
with higher education.
Biography
In 1902, Zivar bay Ahmadbayov graduated from
. From this year to 1917, Ahmadbayov worked as an architect in
Baku Governorate
The Baku Governorate, known before 1859 as the Shemakha Governorate, was a province ('' guberniya'') of the Caucasus Viceroyalty of the Russian Empire, with its center in the booming metropolis and Caspian Sea port of Baku. Area (1897): 34,400 sq ...
, then in Baku City Council. After the establishment of the
Azerbaijan Democratic Republic, Ahmadbayov became the chief architect of Baku and held this post until 1922. Two of the largest mosques in Baku, the Baku-Blue Mosque and
Taza Pir Mosque
Taza Pir Mosque (also Tazapir, Teze Pir, Teze-Pir, Tezepir) is a mosque in Baku, Azerbaijan. Its construction began in 1905 and was finished by 1914. The idea for the mosque as well as its financing was provided by an Azeri female philanthropist ...
were constructed according to the projects of Ahmadbayov.
Murtuza Mukhtarov
Murtuza Mukhtarov ( az, Murtuza Muxtarov) (1857 – 1920) was an Azerbaijani oil industrialist and millionaire who built the Mukhtarov Palace in Baku and the Mukhtarov Mosque in Vladikavkaz.
Mukhtarov was born into a poor family in a vill ...
Mosque, which was constructed according to Ahmadbayov's project in the municipality of
Amirjan in Baku, was added to the list of historical monuments of
UNESCO
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) aimed at promoting world peace and security through international cooperation in education, arts, sciences and culture. It ...
. Besides that, Ahmadbayov is the architect of a lot of houses in
Vladikavkaz and the building of the
Ophthalmology
Ophthalmology ( ) is a surgical subspecialty within medicine that deals with the diagnosis and treatment of eye disorders.
An ophthalmologist is a physician who undergoes subspecialty training in medical and surgical eye care. Following a medic ...
Institute in Baku.
Memory
One of the streets of Baku is named after Zivar bay Ahmadbayov.
On May 26, 2011, the opening ceremony of
Zivar bay Ahmadbayov’s monument, situated in a park named after him, near
Nizami Ganjavi metro station was held in Baku.
President Ilham Aliyev inaugurates Ziverbey Ahmedbeyov park.
Yap.org.az, 27.05.2011.
References
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1873 births
People from Shamakhi
1925 deaths
Azerbaijani nobility
19th-century Azerbaijani architects
20th-century Azerbaijani architects
Saint-Petersburg State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering alumni