Karim agha Shakikhanov

Karim agha Shakikhanov
Born	1788 Shaki, Shaki Khanate
Died	10 December 1858(1858-12-10) (aged 70) Shaki, Russian Empire
Other names	Fateh
Occupation(s)	Historian, Poet
Notable work	Brief History of Shaki Khans
Father	Fatali Khan

Karim agha Shakikhanov (Azerbaijani: Kərim ağa Şəkixanov, pen-name Fateh) was a poet and historian who wrote in Azerbaijani and Persian.

Biography

He was born in 1788 to Fatali Khan and Khurshid khanum from Quba in Shaki, Shaki Khanate. He received private education in the palace, and had an excellent command of Arabic and Persian languages. He was described as a pious person by Firidun bey Kocharli and was included in his major academic work entitled Topics on the History of Azerbaijani Literature.[1] He wrote mostly in Persian and also in his native Azerbaijani.

Works

• Diwan — Now lost. Probably in Persian language.
• Ghazal dedicated to Prophet Muhammad.
• Ghazal in Azerbaijani.
• Brief History of Shaki Khans — written in Azerbaijani, included in Bernhard Dorn's "Excerpts from Muhammedan writers" in 1858.[2] However he mistakenly attributed the book to some certain Haji Abdullatif Afandi, while Azerbaijani poet Salman Mumtaz concluded that in fact it was Karim Shakikhanov's work.[3] It was republished in 1958, this time under the name of Karim agha. According to Azerbaijani historian Adalat Tahirzada, book might be commissioned by Ivan Paskevich - Russian general in Caucasus.[4]

Family

He had 4 sons (Abdulhamid, Mustafa, Ismail, Jafar and Gullu khanum and 1 daughter),[5] some were buried in Shaki Khan's Mosque:

Name	Tombstone	Birth Date	Death Date	Relation
Karim agha Shakikhanov		c. 1788	10 December 1858	Himself
Mustafa agha Shakikhanov		c. 1831	5 November 1895	Son of Karim agha
Gullu khanum Shakikhanova			19 November 1858	Daughter of Karim agha

References

1. Kocharli, Firidun bey (2005). Azerbaijani Literature (Vol 1). Qänbärqızı, Ruqiyyä. Bakı: Avrasiya Press. p. 440. ISBN 9952421166. OCLC 837968266. {{cite book}}: Check |isbn= value: checksum (help)
2. Dorn, Boris Andreevich (1858). Auszüge aus Muhammedanischen Schriftstellern: betreffend die Geschichte und Geographie der südlichen Küstenländer des Kaspischen Meeres : nebst einer kurzen Geschichte der Chane von Scheki (in German). St. Peterburg: Eggers. p. 12. OCLC 28162672.
3. Mumtaz, Salman (1929). "Criticism and comments on "Brief History of Shaki Khans"". Maarif İşçisi [Enlightenment Worker] (in Azerbaijani). 2: 85–90.
4. History of Shaki in Sources. Tahirzadä, Ädalät., Azärbaycan Milli Elmlär Akademiyası. Şäki Regional Elmi Märkäzi. Bakı: Master. 2005. p. 17. ISBN 0976995409. OCLC 64428641.
5. BERZHE, A. (2014). AKTY, SOBRANNYE KAVKAZSKOJ ARHEOGRAFICHESKOJ KOMISSIEJ TOM 5 CHAST 1. [S.l.]: BOOK ON DEMAND LTD. p. 1120. ISBN 978-5458678100. OCLC 972599590.