{"id":8678,"date":"2021-02-02T12:00:01","date_gmt":"2021-02-02T08:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/qarabag.com\/?p=8678"},"modified":"2021-06-25T17:01:23","modified_gmt":"2021-06-25T13:01:23","slug":"monuments-rescued-from-vandals-returned-to-shusha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/qarabag.com\/monuments-rescued-from-vandals-returned-to-shusha\/","title":{"rendered":"Monuments rescued from vandals returned to Shusha"},"content":{"rendered":"

On January 14, 2021, in Shusha, President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev participated in the opening ceremony of the monuments of three outstanding cultural figures of Azerbaijan, natives of Karabakh: Khurshid-Banu Natavan, Uzeyir Hajibeyov and Murtuza Mammadov (Bul-Bul). <\/strong><\/p>\n

In 1992, after the occupation of Shusha by the Armenians, the busts of these cultural figures were dismantled by separatist vandals and taken to Georgia for sale as scrap metal. However, the monuments were saved – they were bought by the Azerbaijani side and transported to Baku, where they were kept in the Museum of Arts. Now they have returned to their historical place.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Continuing a series of publications about outstanding personalities – natives of Karabakh, and, in particular, Shusha, website Qarabag.com<\/a> prepared a reference about the abovementioned outstanding cultural figures.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Khurshid-Banu Bayim\u00a0(1832-1897)<\/strong>
\nWikipedia<\/strong><\/p>\n

Khurshid-Banu Bayim (literary pseudonym Natavan) <\/strong>is a famous Azerbaijani poet, artist, public figure, daughter of the last khan of Karabakh, Mehti-Kuli-khan and Badir-Jahan-begum (1802-1861), daughter of Ugurlu-khan III of Ganja. She was born in August 1832 in Shusha. She received her primary education at home, studying Persian language and literature.
\nIn 1853 (or 1847) Khurshid-Banu Bayim married a Russian officer of Kumyk origin, Prince Khasay Musayevich Utsmiyev.
\nIn his essay \u201cThe Caucasus,\u201d the French writer Alexander Dumas mentioned a meeting in Baku with Prince Khasay Utsmiyev and his family – his wife, Princess Utsmiyeva (Khurshid-Banu Bayim) and her mother.
\n\u00a0[A. Dumas. Caucasus. Tbilisi, 1988, page 243]<\/span><\/a>
\nIn 1872, Khurshid-Banu Bayim founded the literary society “Majlisi-uns” (“Meeting of friends”) in the city of Shusha.
\nIn 1873, at her own expense, the first piped water connection was installed in Shusha, which until now was called “Khan-gizi bulagy” (“Spring of the khan’s daughter”).
\nFor the first time, a collection of poems of Khurshid-Banu Bayim Natavan translated by A. Plavnik was published in Baku in 1982 in Russian.
\nKhurshid-Banu Bayim died in Shusha on October 8, 1897 and was buried in Aghdam at the ancestral cemetery of the Karabakh khans<\/p>\n

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\nUzeyir Hajibeyov\u00a0 (1885-1948)
\nWikipedia<\/strong><\/p>\n

Uzeyir Abdul-Huseyn oglu Hajibeyov<\/strong> – Soviet composer, conductor, musicologist, publicist, playwright, teacher, public figure.
\nUzeyir Hajibeyov was born on September 6 (18), 1885 in Agjabadi. Soon after Uzeyir’s birth, his family moved to Shusha.
\nHajibeyov is the author of such outstanding works as: the opera “Leyli and Majnun” (the first Azerbaijani opera), the opera “Sheikh Sanan”, the operetta “Arshyn Mal Alan”, the operetta “If Not This One, Be That One”, the opera “Koroglu”. He composed the music of the national anthem of the Azerbaijan Republic.
\nAwards and titles:<\/p>\n