Mirza Jafar Topchubashov

Mirza Jafar Topchubashov
Born1790
Ganja, Ganja Khanate, Iran
Died1869 (aged 78–79)
Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire
OccupationOrientalist

Mirza Jafar Topchubashov (Russian: Мирза Джафар Топчибашев, Azerbaijani: Mirzə Cəfər Topçubaşov) was a Russian orientalist scholar and poet of Azerbaijani origin.[1][2] He also worked as privy councillor for sometime alongside teaching Oriental Languages at History-Philology Faculty of Saint Petersburg State University since 1819.[3] He was a member of Royal Asiatic Society, as well as teacher of Aleksander Chodźko, Alexander Griboyedov[3] and Vasili Grigoryev, who would be appointed as Imperial Censor of Russia.

  1. ^ Altstadt, Audrey L., 1953- (1992). The Azerbaijani Turks : power and identity under Russian rule. Stanford, Calif.: Hoover Institution Press, Stanford University. p. 331. ISBN 0817991816. OCLC 24846708.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ Guliev, Vilai︠a︡t, 1952- (2015). The Azerbaijani school in Russian Orientalism : the first half of the 19th century. Budapest. ISBN 9789634140504. OCLC 1065084716.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ a b History of Azerbaijan - Baku: Publishing House of the Academy of Sciences of Azerbaijan SSR, 1960; Volume 2, p.108.