Yusif Ziya Talibzadeh Yusif Ziya Talıbzadə | |
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| 1st Military Commissar of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic | |
| In office July 1920 – September 1921 | |
| Preceded by | position was established |
| Member of the Revolutionary Committee of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic | |
| In office July 1920 – September 1921 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | October 11, 1877 Tiflis, Tiflis Governorate, Russian Empire |
| Died | May 18, 1923 Khwarazm |
| Political party | Musavat |
| Military service | |
| Battles/wars | Balkan Wars World War I Battle of Goychay Basmachi movement |
Yusif Ziya Talibzadeh, Akhund Yusif Talibzadeh or Yusif Talibzadeh Tiflisi (Azerbaijani: Yusif Ziya Talibzadə) was as an Azerbaijani educator, politician, playwrighter, and soldier.
He wrote the dramas "Armanusa" and "Amir Khalid bin Walid" and dozens of books. He wrote publicist articles in newspapers and magazines published at that time.
He participated in the Balkan wars and the First World War. He led the Azerbaijani volunteers who fought in the Balkan wars. He rose to the rank of colonel in the Ottoman army. In 1918, he came to Azerbaijan together with the Caucasian Islamic Army for the liberation of Baku. He led the auxiliary regiment of volunteers of the Caucasus Islamic Army.
From February 1921, he started working as a member of the Nakhchivan Revolutionary Committee. He was appointed as the military commissar of Nakhchivan in the rank of general.
He participated in the Basmachi movement and fought against the Bolsheviks. He died on May 18, 1923, in one of the battles against the Bolsheviks.