Salman Mumtaz
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Salman Mumtaz in 1917 | |
| Native name | Salman Mümtaz |
| Born |
May 20, 1884 Shaki |
| Died |
September 6, 1941 (aged 57) Oryol shot in prison |
| Residence | Baku, Buynakskaya, 25 |
| Citizenship | USSR |
| Nationality | Azerbaijani |
| Institutions | Azerbaijan Filial of Academy of Sciences of USSR |
| Education | Molla school in Ashkhabad |
| Known for | collection, publishing and promotion the classical literary legacy, discovering unknown manuscripts of a number of Azeri poets and ashugs |
| Spouse | Zeynab Mumtaz |
| Children | Isgandar Mumtaz, Shahla Mumtazzade |
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Salman Mumtaz (pseudonymous of Salman Mammedamin oghlu Asgarov; May 20, 1884 – September 6, 1941) was a renowned Azerbaijani literary scholar and poet. He was born in Shaki in 1884. In his efforts to collect, publish and promote the classical literary legacy, he discovered unknown manuscripts of a number of Azeri poets and ashugs. Falling a victim to repressions, he was arrested in 1937 and killed by shooting in 1941 in prison in Oryol.
Salman Mumtaz was labeled as a Pan-Turkist because he wrote about Azerbaijani literature as being a part of Turkic literature. His collection of rare ancient manuscripts that had been gathered from all over Azerbaijan was confiscated. Most of these manuscripts was born after his arrest. Today some of these books are archived in the Institute of Manuscripts in Baku and are called the "Salman Mumtaz Collection".
Sources
- Prominent persons of Shaki
- Tahirzadə Ə. Salman Mümtaz (Tərcümeyi-hal oçerki). — Б.: Kür, 2002.
- Гулизаде М. Мумтаз // Краткая литературная энциклопедия / Главный редактор А. А. Сурков. — М.: Советская энциклопедия, 1967. — Т. 4. — С. 1016.
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