Jafargulu Khan Nakhchivanski
Jafargulu Khan Nakhchivanski (
Major General Jamshid Nakhchivanski
.
Early life and military career
Jafargulu Khan was born into a princely family of
Order of Saint Anne (third degree, 1882), as well as medals in commemoration of the Russo-Turkish War of 1877–1878 and for the siege of Geok Tepe
.
In 1885 he was elevated to
captain of cavalry and retired. In 1903, he was appointed mayor of Nakhchivan. From 1912 to 1917, he was honorary magistrate of Erivan.[1]
Political activity
Following the disintegration of the Russian Empire,
Sharur-Daralagez and Surmali, with its capital in the city of Nakhchivan.[2] Nakhchivanski became the head of the new republic, which in essence was de facto controlled by Azerbaijan. In May 1919, in the midst of the Armenian–Azerbaijani War, Armenia advanced its troops into it and managed to capture the city of Nakhchivan by June 1919. There it clashed with regular Azerbaijani troops, which reinstalled Azerbaijan's control over the city within a month. On 10 August 1919, the Armenians were forced to sign a peace treaty.[3]
In summer 1920, in the aftermath of the Soviet annexation of Azerbaijan, the Armenians of Nakhchivan revolted. The Soviet Army entered Nakhchivan and quickly suppressed another revolt. Jafargulu Khan Nakhchivanski was arrested by the Bolsheviks allegedly for "spreading anti-Soviet propaganda". He was incarcerated in Baku and claimed innocence in the petitions he sent to the Temporary Revolutionary Committee of Azerbaijan. His appeal was discarded; he was found guilty and transferred to a prison in Shusha, where he died in 1929.[4]
References
- ^ Caucasus Calendars, 1913-1917 гг.
- ^ Dr. Andrew Andersen, Ph.D. Atlas of Conflicts: Armenia: Nation Building and Territorial Disputes: 1918-1920
- ^ Armenian-Azerbaijani Military Conflicts in 1919-20.
- ^ Prominent Figures of Nakhchivan Archived 2017-09-25 at the Wayback Machine. Jafargulu Khan Nakhchivanski.