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ʿAbbās Qolī Āghāıq Bāqikhānı

Azerbaijani playwright

Also known as: Bakikhanov

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contribution to Azerbaijani culture

In Azerbaijan: Russian suzerainty
…of the Azerbaijani language were ʿAbbās Qolī Āghā Bāqıkhānlı (Bakikhanov), who wrote poetry as well as histories of the region, and Mīrzā Fatḥ ʿAlī Ākhūndzādeh (Akhundov), author of the first Azerbaijani plays. Though eventually these figures would be incorporated into a national narrative as predecessors of the Turkic revival, a…
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