Mirza Khazar

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Mirza Khazar
Jew
Citizenship United States
Websitemirzexezer.com

Mirza Karim oghlu Mikayilov (

Mountain Jew. He also was known as Mirza Michaeli.[1] Mirza Khazar died on January 31, 2020, in Germany.[2]

Early life

In July 1973, Mirza Khazar completed his graduation at the

Tel-Aviv University. From June 1975 to January 1976, he served in the Israel Defense Forces
.

Bible translation

The first Azerbaijani translation by Mirza Farrukh and Feliks Zaręba was the Gospel of Matthew, published in 1842 in London by Basel Missionary Society. The complete New Testament was fully translated and published in 1878 in London and the Old Testament in 1891.

At the request of the

translated the Bible  – the New Testament and Old Testament – into the Azerbaijani language. Mirza Khazar started translation of the entire Bible in 1975 and finished in 1984. In 1982, the Institute for Bible Translation in Stockholm, Sweden, released Mirza Khazar's new modern Azerbaijani language translation of the New Testament, which currently is used in Azerbaijan. The first edition was printed in Zagreb, Croatia. Mirza Khazar's translation of the New Testament was reprinted five times in subsequent years. Mirza Khazar completed translation of the Old Testament
in 1984, but the translation has not been printed yet.

Work

From August 1976 to October 1985, Mirza Khazar worked as deputy editor-in-chief of the Azerbaijani Service of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty in Munich, Germany. In October 1985, he was invited to Washington, D.C. to be editor-in-chief of the Azerbaijani Service of Radio Voice of America. In February 1987, Mirza Khazar returned to Munich to lead the Azerbaijani Service at Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty,[1] and he worked there until September 2003. In January 2004, he founded the Voice of Mirza Khazar (Mirzə Xəzərin Səsi) newspaper in Baku. Mirza Khazar, and he ran the online newspaper The Voice of Mirza Khazar in three languages: Azerbaijani, English, and Russian.[3] From September to October 2005, Mirza Khazar was host of Azadlig TV (Freedom TV), the first independent station to broadcast from a foreign country to Azerbaijan.[4] In December 2005, he launched an Internet radio program, The Voice of Mirza Khazar, where visitors can listen to prerecorded audio items.[5]

Papers

Mirza Khazar's articles pertaining to the political and economic situation in

Azerbaijani Popular Front
was created officially in 1989. In August 1989, his Birlik Society in the Azerbaijani Democratic Movement was published.

1990 Black January

During the

Radio Liberty, Azerbaijanis in and outside Azerbaijan, as well as the international community, learned about the Soviet invasion and gained a chance to organize protest actions. Shocked by this "surprising" development, the government of the USSR complained officially to the United States about Radio Liberty's[8] coverage of the military invasion of Azerbaijan. The January 20, 1990, broadcasts turned Mirza Khazar into a legend among Azerbaijanis in and outside Azerbaijan. Melahet Agacankizi, a well-known Azerbaijani poet and writer, described Mirza Khazar's appearance on radio at the time of the Soviet military invasion as follows: "On January 20, Mirza Khazar with his God-given divine voice, gave hope to the dying Azerbaijani people."[9] His distinctive voice and his name are familiar to Azerbaijanis inside and outside Azerbaijan
.

Books

The first book by Mirza Khazar "Verba Volant, Scripta Manent" ("Words fly away, written words remain") appeared in Munich, Germany in 2013. The second book "Factum est Factum" ("Facts are Facts") was printed at the end of December 2014. Both books are available online on the internet.[10]

Awards

Mirza Khazar's name was included into the book "100 Great Azerbaijanis", prepared by the prominent Azerbaijani researcher and writer Alisa Nijat and published in Baku in 1999. In 1990, The Popular Front of Azerbaijan awarded Mirza Khazar the Mahammad Amin Rasulzade prize for his role in the national-democratic movement in Azerbaijan. Mahammad Amin Rasulzade was one of the founders of the first independent Azerbaijani Republic in 1918. Sabir Rustamkhanly, a prominent Azerbaijani writer and politician, called Mirza Khazar "a symbol of our national struggle" in his interview with the newspaper "Cumhuriyet" in September 2003.[11]

Mirza Khazar lived in Munich, Germany for a long time.

Audio archive

Articles in English

References

  1. ^ a b c "Мирза Хазар – человек, говорящий на языке Свободы" (in Russian). Mirzexezerinsesi.net. Archived from the original on January 22, 2013. Retrieved February 25, 2009.
  2. ^ "Mirza Khazar passes away". Apa.az. Retrieved March 25, 2023.
  3. ^ "<meta HTTP-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/HTML; charset=iso-8859-1"/> NameBright - Coming Soon". Archived from the original on September 6, 2018. Retrieved May 6, 2019.
  4. ^ "EurasiaNet Civil Society - From Abroad, Azerbaijani TV Stations Try to Speak Out". Archived from the original on January 7, 2007.
  5. ^ "Mirza Khazar's Internet Radio". Archived from the original on May 25, 2009. Retrieved August 3, 2009.
  6. ^ "20 January 1990: Black Face of the Red Terror in Azerbaijan". Retrieved March 25, 2023.
  7. ^ "Black January 1990". Azerbaijan International. Retrieved February 26, 2009.
  8. ^ Parks, Michael (March 5, 1990). "Soviet Officials Charge Voice of America, Radio Liberty Fueled Riots : Diplomacy: The Soviet Union says broadcasts with Azerbaijani nationalists 'set one nationality against another' in Armenia. The U.S. is reviewing the complaints". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved March 25, 2023.
  9. ^ "Article on Mirza Khazar". Archived from the original on July 23, 2011. Retrieved March 25, 2023.
  10. ^ Mirze Xezer website[dead link]
  11. ^ "Sabir Rustamkhanly on Mirza Khazar". Archived from the original on January 27, 2011. Retrieved March 25, 2023.

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