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Vazirovs or Vezirovs (Azerbaijani: Vəzirovlar) 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. 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
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

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• Abdurrahman Vazirov
• Suleyman Vazirov
• Mir Hasan Vazirov
• Bahram bey Vazirov
• Aslan Vazirov
• Azad bey Vazirov
• Zeynal bey Vazirov
• Firudin bey Vazirov