Western Azerbaijan Community
Nariman Bey Narimanbeyov was born in 1889 to the family of Hashim Bey, who gained fame as a devotee of enlightenment in Iravan. Hashim Bey took an active part in establishing schools for Azerbaijanis in their native language and organizing a charity society in Iravan. The book “Mother Tongue” compiled by Hashim Bey together with other teachers for Azerbaijani schools was published in Iravan in 1907, and later three times in Tbilisi. Many of his articles and reviews of theater performances have been published in the press.
N. Narimanbeyov completed his secondary education at the Iravan gymnasium, first studied at the physics and mathematics faculty of Moscow University, and then at the law faculty of Kharkiv University. N. Narimanbeyov was elected to the leadership of the Azerbaijan Student Compatriots Organization and continued his revolutionary activities.
Nariman bey Narimanbeyov, who finished his higher education in 1915 and returned to Iravan, became one of the leaders of the Iravan Muslim Charitable Society in addition to working as a lawyer.
After the February revolution in Russia in 1917, N. Narimanbeyov, who moved to Baku, joined the ranks of the Musavat party. He took an active part in the congress of Caucasian Muslims convened in Baku in April of that year, and in the first congress of the Turkish People Musavat Party in October.
In February 1918, Nariman bey Narimanbeyov was elected a member of the Transcaucasian Seim. He was a member of the Musavat and neutral group within the Muslim faction, which was approved by the Seim on February 28 of that year, and was one of the signatories of Azerbaijan’s Declaration of Independence, which was accepted on May 28, 1918.
N. Narimanbeyov was elected as a member of the Azerbaijani parliament, which was ceremonially opened in Baku on December 7 of that year, and became a member of the Musavat faction in the parliament.
Nariman bey Narimanbeyov served as state controller in the cabinet organized by Nasib bey Yusifbeyov, Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Azerbaijan (14.IV.1919).
After the fall of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic, Nariman bey Narimanbeyov worked as a legal advisor and lawyer in various offices.
Nariman bey Narimanbeyov, a well-known political and public figure of his time, was a victim of Stalin’s repression in 1937.