# Vazirovs

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