Shamakhi District

Shamakhi or Shamakhy is a raion of Azerbaijan.  It is the historical center of the region of Shirvan. 

Famous people
 Falaki Shirvani,poet, (1107 Shamakhi - 1157 Shamakhi)
 Khagani Shirvani, poet, (1121/1122 Shamakhi) - 1190 Tabriz
 Imadaddin Nasimi, poet, (1369 Shamakhi) –1417 skinned alive in Aleppo)
 Seyid Azim Shirvani, poet, (10 July 1835 - 1 Iyun 1888)
 Muhammed hadi,  poet,  (1879 Shamakhi - 1920 Ganja)
 Abbas Sahhat, poet, (1874, Shamakhi – 11 July 1918, Ganja)
 Ziver bey Ahmedbeyov, architect, (1873 Shamakhi - 1925 Bakı)
 Zeynalabdin Shirvani, geographer, historian, ethnographer, philosopher and poet,(16 August 1780, Shamakhy — 1838, near Jeddah),
 Sultan Mejid Qanizade, enlighter, teacher, writer
 Mirza Alakbar Sabir, poet, (30 May 1862, Shamakhy – 12 July 1911, Shamakhy).

Category:Districts of Azerbaijan