Vazirovs Explained

Vazirovs or Vezirovs are an Azerbaijani noble family from Karabakh and a part of Javanshir clan. Vazirov or Vezirov is a Russified version of the word vizier. First person to adopt the surname was Azerbaijani historian and later Imperial Russian army officer Mirza Jamal Javanshir, who was a vizier of Ibrahim Khalil Khan and Mehdigulu Khan of Karabakh.

History

Connected to ruling family of Karabakh Khanate, Vazirovs were descended from Sharif beg Javanshir, head of Hajilu subclan of Javanshir clan. Sharif beg was great-grandfather of Mirza Jamal. Family had two branches - elder one based in Shusha and younger one based in Karyagino, modern Fuzuli. Famous family members include politicians like Zeynal bey Vazirov, Bahram bey Vazirov; as well as poets, merchants and army officers. Penultimate leader of Soviet Azerbaijan, Abdurrahman Vazirov was also a member of this family. According to him, suggestion to adopt surname Vazirov came from Mirza Fatali Akhundov to Mirza Jamal.

Members

Sharif bey Javanshir was earlieast attested member of the family, whom had two sons.^[1] This is not a full list and only intends to show important members of the family:

• Abu Talib bey Javanshir (b. 1760)
  • Imamgulu bey Javanshir (b. 1777)
    • Mirza Zeynalabdin bey Javanshir (b. 1794)
      • Talib bey Vazirov (b. 1814) — married Mirza Jamal's niece Masharaf khanum
        • Abbas bey Vazirov (1846 – 1910) — captain in Imperial Russian Army, took part in Karabakh scene of Armenian-Tatar massacres of 1905^[2]
      • Mirza Hamid bey Vazirov (b. 1827) — lawyer, collegiate assessor
        • Zeynal bey Vazirov (1854 – 1933) — MP of Parliament of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic
          • Aslan bey Vazirzade (1898 – 1984) — Honored Scientist of the Azerbaijan SSR
        • Farrukh bey Vazirov (1857 – 1920) — first Azerbaijani engineer to be educated in Europe
        • Azad bey Vazirov (1869 – 1921) — colonel of Azerbaijani Army and Red Army
          • Suleyman Vazirov (1910 – 1973) — Minister of Oil Industry of Azerbaijan SSR
        • Javad bey Vazirov (1873 – 1925) — first Azerbaijani agriculturist to be educated in Europe
• Salif bey Javanshir — commander of Karabakh Khanate
  • Mahammadkhan bey Javanshir (d. 17 July 1797) — constable of Shusha fortress, naib of Javanshir-Dizak mahal
    • Mirza Jamal Javanshir (1773 – 1853) — Azerbaijani historian, author of Tarikh-e Qarabagh
      • Rzagulu bey Vazirov (1814 – 1875) — historian, biographer, praporshchik in Imperial Russian Army
        • Hashim bey Vazirov (b. 1837) — titular councillor
          • Rzagulu bey Vazirov (b. 1870)
            • Rustam Vazirov — pedagogue
            • Khalil Vazirov — Soviet Army lieutenant, recipient of Order of the Red Star
              • Abdurrahman Vazirov (1930 – 2022) — 13th First Secretary of the Azerbaijan Communist Party (1988 – 1990)
              • Bayaz Vazirova — married Leonid Weinstein (1945 – 1994, Soviet and Azerbaijani composer, Honored Artist of Azerbaijan)
            • Jamil Vazirov — recipient of Order of the Red Banner of Labour
          • Durnisa khanum — married to Zeynal bey Vazirov
        • Mahammadshafi bey Vazirov — progenitor of Mirzajamalov family
    • Gasim bey Javanshir (1784 – ?) — brother of Mirza Jamal, naib of Javanshir-Dizak mahal
      • Asad bey Vazir (1824 – 1873) — poet and doctor
        • Samad bey Vazirov (1853 – 1892) — poet and state official
        • Bahram bey Vazirov (1857 – 1921) — statesman, politician and poet
        • Isfandiyar bey Vazirov (1859 – 1920) — poet
          • Shamil bey Vazirov (d. 1967) — pedagogue
            • Farida Vazirova (1924 – 1986) — World War II veteran and professor of philology
        • Bakhish bey Sabut (1863 – 1923) — poet
      • Masharaf khanum — married Talib bey Vazirov

References

1. Vazirov . Musa Azad oglu . 2001-01-01 . ФИЗУЛИНСКИЕ ВЕЗИРОВЫ . Vazirovs of Fuzuli . Azərbaycan Tarixi Şəcərə Cəmiyyətinin Xəbərləri / Известия Азербайджанского историко-родословного общества [News of the Azerbaijan Historical and Genealogical Society] . ru . 3 . 137–145.
2. Web site: Chingizoglu . Anvar . Abbas bəy Vəzirov: Difainin kapitanı.. . 2023-12-19 . xudaferin.eu . az.