Abdurrahim bey Hagveriyev’s political and public activity in the Georgia

Abstract

Abdurrahim bey Hagverdiyev (1870-1933), one of the luminaries of classical Azerbaijani
literature, was also a prominent political, public and state figure, and in this direction for about four
years (1916-1919) he continuously lived in the Georgia (in the Borchali and Tbilisi). This period
coincided with the end of Tsarist Russia and the beginning of the independent Republic of Georgia.
Although A.Hagverdiyev was active in political, social and diplomatic activities in 1917-1920,
when important political transformations and upheavals took place in the South Caucasus, this
period of his life was left out of research in accordance with the requirements of the ideological
situation during the Soviet Union. The presented article looks at the political and social activities of
Abdurrahim bey in Georgia on the basis of archival sources, as well as Georgian and Russian
language press articles of that period. The article is important in eliminating the existing gaps in the
direction of a full study of the rich life and legacy of A.Hagverdiyev.