Sabir | |
|---|---|
Municipality | |
  Sabir | |
| Coordinates: 40°35′29″N48°42′21″E / 40.59139°N 48.70583°E Coordinates: 40°35′29″N48°42′21″E / 40.59139°N 48.70583°E | |
| Country |  Azerbaijan |
| Rayon | Shamakhi |
| Population (2008) [1] | |
| • Total | 4,055 |
| Time zone | UTC+4 (AZT) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+5 (AZT) |
Sabir is a village and municipality in the Shamakhi Rayon of Azerbaijan.[ citation needed ] It has a population of 4,055 (as of 2008).
Hajigabul District is one of the 66 districts of Azerbaijan. It is located in the east of the country and belongs to the Aran Economic Region. The district borders the districts of Kurdamir, Agsu, Shamakhi, Gobustan, Absheron, Baku, Salyan, Sabirabad and the city of Shirvan. Its capital and largest city is Hajigabul. As of 2020, the district had a population of 76,600.
Sabirabad District is one of the 66 districts of Azerbaijan. It is located in the centre of the country and belongs to the Aran Economic Region. The district borders the districts of Saatly, Imishli, Kurdamir, Hajigabul, Salyan, Bilasuvar, and the city of Shirvan. Its capital and largest city is Sabirabad. As of 2020, the district had a population of 178,800.
Shamakhi District is one of the 66 districts of Azerbaijan. It is located in the east of the country and belongs to the Mountainous Shirvan Economic Region. The district borders the districts of Quba, Khizi, Gobustan, Hajigabul, Agsu, and Ismayilli. Its capital and largest city is Shamakhi. As of 2020, the district had a population of 106,400.
Ismayilli is a city and the capital of the Ismayilli District of Azerbaijan. It has a population of 14,435 as of 2008.
Shamakhi is the capital of the Shamakhi District of Azerbaijan. The city's estimated population as of 2010 was 31,704. It is famous for its traditional dancers, the Shamakhi Dancers, and also for perhaps giving its name to the Soumak rugs.
Mirza Alakbar Sabir, born Alakbar Zeynalabdin oglu Tahirzadeh was an Azerbaijani satirical poet, public figure, philosopher and teacher. He set up a new attitude to classical traditions, rejecting well-trodden ways in poetry.
Seyid Azim Shirvani was an Azerbaijani poet and enlightener. He got his first religious education in Iraq. After returning to motherland he refused his spiritual dignity and opened a private school. Seyid Azim Shirvani continued Fuzûlî’s traditions in his love-lyrical poems. In his satirical poems and fables Seyid Azim Shirvani ridiculed priesthood, opposed backwardness and ignorance, called to enlightenment and culture. Contemporary poets consider him their teacher.
Agdash is a city in and the capital of the Agdash District of Azerbaijan. Agdash suffered considerable damage during the June 4, 1999 earthquake but has since been thoroughly repaired.
Samukh is a village and the most populous municipality in, and the administrative center of, the Samukh District of Azerbaijan. It has a population of 6,013.
Agsu is a city in and capital of the Agsu District of Azerbaijan.
Sabirabad is a city in and the capital of the Sabirabad District of Azerbaijan. The city was renamed in honor of the poet Mirza Alakbar Sabir. Sabirabad is the administrative center of Sabirabad District of the Republic of Azerbaijan. In 1935, the district received the status of subordinate city. Sabirabad is located on the right bank of the Kura River. In the vicinity of the city called Sugovushan, the Araz River is merged with the Kur River.
Kələxana was a village and municipality in the Shamakhi District of Azerbaijan. The village had an Armenian population before the exodus of Armenians from Azerbaijan after the outbreak of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. In 1999, the village was administratively merged with a neighbourhood from the city of Shamakhi to create the Şəhriyar village.
Mədrəsə is a village and municipality in the Shamakhi District of Azerbaijan. This village had a generally homogeneous Armenian population in 1918 and maintained a significant Armenian presence up until the forced exodus of Armenians from Azerbaijan in 1988. It has a population of 2,597.
Meysəri is a village and municipality in the Shamakhi District of Azerbaijan. It has a population of 624. The village had an Armenian population before the exodus of Armenians from Azerbaijan after the outbreak of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
Sabir, Azerbaijan may refer to:
Şirvan and until 1994 as Xoylu, is a village in the Shamakhi District of Azerbaijan. This village had a generally homogeneous Armenian population in 1918 and maintained an Armenian majority up until the forced exodus of Armenians from Azerbaijan in 1988.
Azerbaijani art has developed since ancient times in Azerbaijan and Iranian Azerbaijan. The Azerbaijanis have created rich and distinctive art, a major part of which is applied art items. This form of art rooted in antiquity, is represented by a wide range of handicrafts, such as chasing (metalworking), jewellery-making, engraving, carving wood, stone and bone, carpet-making, lacing, pattern weaving and printing, and knitting and embroidery. Each of these decorative arts is evidence of the culture and the abilities of the Azerbaijan nation, and are very popular there. Many interesting facts pertaining to the development of arts and crafts in Azerbaijan were reported by merchants, travellers and diplomats who visited these places at different times.
Sabir Rustamkhanli is an Azerbaijani poet and philologist. He is the author of over 30 books in the Russian and Persian languages.
The history of Shamakhi covers the history of Azerbaijani city Shamakhi from ancient times to the present day.
The house-museum of Mirza Alakbar Sabir is a memorial museum dedicated to the Azerbaijani satirical poet, public figure, philosopher and teacher, Mirza Alakbar Sabir. The museum is located in Shamakhi.
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