User:HistoryofIran/Mirza Fatali Akhundov
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Mirza Fatali Akhundov[lower-alpha 1] was an philosopher, social reformer, historian, playwright and essayist in the 19th-century Russian Empire. Regarded as a nation-builder by both Azerbaijanis and Iranians, Akhundov played a major role in Azerbaijani literature and Iranian nationalism and modernism, contributing to the later Iranian Constitutional Revolution.
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Mirza Fatali Akhundov | |
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![]() Portrait of Mirza Fatali Akhundov, located in the Institute of Manuscripts of Azerbaijan | |
Born | (1812-07-12)12 July 1812 Nukha, Shaki Khanate, Russian Empire |
Died | 9 March 1878(1878-03-09) (aged 65) Tiflis, Tiflis Governorate, Russian Empire |
Resting place | Tiflis |
Occupation | Playwright, philosopher |
Language | |
Subjects | Religious intolerance, freedom |
Years active | From 1837 |
Philosophy career | |
Region | Iranian philosophy |
Main interests | Political philosophy, literature, historiography |
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Spending most of his childhood and adolescence in the Russian Empire and Qajar Iran, Akhundov was raised by his mother's uncle Haji Ali Asghar, who wanted him to become a Islamic clergyman.