Fatali Khan Iskandar Khan oghlu Khoyski[1][a] (Azerbaijani: فتحعلی خان اسکندر خان اوغلی خویسکی, Fətəli xan İsgəndər xan oğlu Xoyski; 7 December [O.S. 25 November] 1875 – 19 June 1920) was an Azerbaijani attorney, a member of the Second State Duma of the Russian Empire, Minister of Internal Affairs, Minister of Defense and, later the first Prime Minister of the independent Azerbaijan Democratic Republic.[8]
Fatali Khan Khoyski | |
|---|---|
Fətəli xan Xoyski | |
 Khoyski in 1906 | |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan Democratic Republic (ADR) | |
| In office 26 December 1918 – 14 March 1919 | |
| President | Alimardan Topchubashov (Chairman of Azerbaijani Parliament) |
| Preceded by | Alimardan Topchubashev |
| Succeeded by | Mammad Yusif Jafarov |
| In office 24 December 1919 – 1 April 1920 | |
| President | Mammad Yusif Jafarov (Chairman of Azerbaijani Parliament) (acting) |
| Preceded by | Mammad Yusif Jafarov |
| Succeeded by | office eliminated |
| Minister of Internal Affairs of ADR | |
| In office 28 May 1918 – 17 June 1918 | |
| Preceded by | office created |
| Succeeded by | Behbud Khan Javanshir |
| Minister of Defense of ADR | |
| In office 18 November 1918 – 25 December 1918 | |
| Preceded by | office re-established |
| Succeeded by | Samad bey Mehmandarov |
| Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic | |
| In office 28 May 1918 – 14 April 1919 | |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Succeeded by | Nasib bey Yusifbeyli |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 7 December [O.S. 25 November] 1875 Nukha (Shaki), Nukha uezd, Elizavetpol Governorate, Russian Empire |
| Died | 19 June 1920 (aged 44) Tiflis (present-day Tbilisi), Democratic Republic of Georgia |
| Manner of death | Assassination by gunshot |
| Signature |  |
Early life
editFatali Khan Iskandar Khan oghlu Khoyski was born on 7 December [O.S. 25 November] 1875 in Nukha (present-day Shaki) to the noble family of Iskandar Khan Khoyski, a colonel in the Russian Army.[9][10] His great grandfather Jafar Qoli, the Khan of Khoy was defeated by the Iranian Fath-Ali Shah and with his 20,000 army retreated to Echmiadzin. In the 1804-1813 Russo-Persian war, Jafar Qoli Khan sided with Russian Empire and was therefore rewarded by tsar Alexander I by being appointed the Khan of Shaki Khanate and his rank was raised to lieutenant colonel.[11]
After receiving his school education at Ganja gymnasium, Fatali Khan studied at the Law Faculty of the Moscow University, from which he graduated in 1901. After graduation, Khoyski worked as a court lawyer in Ganja, Sukhumi, Batumi, Kutaisi. Once he was appointed Assistant Prosecutor of Yekaterinodar county court, he began to be involved in socio-political activities.
Political career
editRussian Empire
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Khoyski was elected a deputy to the Second Duma of Russian Empire from Elizavetpol Governorate. While delivering a speech before the Duma on 2 February 1907, he criticized the Russian colonization policies in Azerbaijan and the Caucasus. Although he was formally registered with Constitutional Democratic Party (known as the Kadets), he also joined the Muslim fraction in Duma.[11] On 27 March, soon after the 1917 February revolution in Russia, Khoyski became a member of the Temporary Executive Committee of Muslim National Councils (MNCs). During the first Musavat summit on 26–31 October 1917, Khoyski spoke in favor of autonomy for Azerbaijan. In December 1917, he was elected a member of the newly created Transcaucasian Sejm and subsequently appointed the Minister of Justice of an independent Transcaucasian Democratic Federative Republic.
Azerbaijan Democratic Republic
editOn 28 May 1918, the republic dissolved and an independent Azerbaijan Democratic Republic was proclaimed. It was the first state ever in the Muslim world to function and be based on principles of republic government.[citation needed] Fatali Khan was put in charge of forming the first cabinet of the republic.
Prime Minister Khoyski had the distinct honor to send radiogram to the main political centers of the world on the proclamation of an independent Azerbaijan republic on 30 May 1918.[12] When the government moved to its temporary residence in the city of Ganja the government encountered serious challenges. Azerbaijani statehood came under fire. On 17 June, Fatali Khan announced the resignation of the government at the closed session of the National Council but he was assigned to form the government again. In addition to the post of prime minister, he was the post of justice minister in the second government.[12]
Khoyski served as the Chairman of Cabinet of Ministers and Minister of Internal Affairs. On 17 June 1918, the second government was formed by Khoyski led by Nasib Yusifbeyli. He played a significant role in making an alliance with the Turkish government, defeating and removing the Centrocaspian Dictatorship from power in Baku as well as establishing diplomatic ties with other countries. On 22 December, he was elected as a foreign minister of the newly formed government. Khoyski protected Azerbaijan's statehood in this post. Furthermore, he defended the independence of Azerbaijan by achieving the recognition of the independence of Azerbaijan at the Paris Peace Conference.[12] He is also credited for establishing the Azerbaijan State University. During the period of the third government formed by Khoyski, he served as Chairman of the National Council and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan. During his term in office, he succeeded in removing the city names Yelisavetpol and restoring the historic name of Ganja and renaming the uezd of Karyagino to Jabrayil, establishing a multi-party system, the printing of Azerbaijani postage stamps and Azerbaijani currency Manat, founding schools and colleges teaching in Azerbaijani. In March 1919, the third government dissolved.
In January 1920, when the Allied Powers de facto recognized Azerbaijan Democratic Republic, Council of Allied Powers,[13] Georgy Chicherin, the Soviet Commissar for Foreign Affairs repeatedly mailed Khoyski asking him to open a new front to confront Anton Denikin and his White movement to which Fatali Khan gave negative responses saying ADR would not meddle into internal affairs of Russia. In his fourth last correspondence, Chicherin notified Khoyski about the upcoming invasion of the 11th Red Army of Azerbaijan. Khoyski moved his family to Tbilisi before the Bolshevik Red Army invaded Baku on 28 April 1920.
Death
editFatali Khan Khoyski was assassinated in Tiflis (present-day Tbilisi), near the central Erivansky Square on 19 June 1920 by Aram Yerganian[14] as part of Operation Nemesis organised by the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF).[15] The ARF accused Khoyski in having played a major role in the September 1918 massacre of Armenians in Baku.[16] His burial ceremony was arranged by the Persian consulate in Tiflis.[17]
Family
editHe was married to an ethnic Russian woman Eugenia Vasilevna who upon conversion to Islam, accepted the name Jeyran Khanum. Together they had three children:
- Tamara Khoyskaya (1902-1990) — married to Mirza Davud Huseynov
- Murad Khoyski (1910-1973)
- Anvar Khoyski (1914-1935)
His elder brother Huseyngulu khan was deputy governor of Ganja Governorate between 1918 and 1920. Younger brother Rustam Khan Khoyski served as Minister of Social Security of Azerbaijan Democratic Republic.
See also
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editReferences
edit- ^ Ahmedova, Firdovsiyya (2019). "Foreign ministers of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic" (PDF). IRS-Heritage. 2–3 (39–40): 32–39.
Following the opening of the Azerbaijani Parliament's sessions, the third government cabinet was formed. The prime minister in the new administration, Fatali Khan Iskandar Khan oghlu Khoyski (1875-1920) also served as foreign minister.
- ^ Investigation of Communist Takeover and Occupation of the Non-Russian Nations of the U.S.S.R. New York: Select Committee on Communist Aggression. 14 October 1954. p. 230.
On these democratic conditions, the first republic was established in the life of the Turkish nations. Fatali-Khan Khoysky (...) became the first head of the young republic, equipped with an unusual authority.
- ^ Cornell, Svante E. (2015-05-20). Azerbaijan Since Independence. Routledge. p. 18. ISBN 978-1-317-47621-4.
Within this grouping, Fatali Khan Khoisky emerged as a leading figure. Born in 1875 of a noble family that had been the khans of Khoy, in Iran, Khoisky graduated from the Moscow Faculty of Law in 1901 and subsequently worked as a lawyer and judge.
- ^ Lang, David Marshall (1970). British policy in Transcaucasia: 1918-1919. Leeds: W. S. Maney. ISBN 978-0-900547-08-9.
The final collapse of the Central Powers resulted in 17 November 1918 in the return to Baku of British forces, this time under Major-General Thompson, who established de facto working relations with the local Mussavat government headed by Fath Ali Khan Khoisky.
- ^ Roszkowski, Wojciech (2016). Communist Crimes: A Legal and Historical Study (PDF). Institute of National Remembrance, Commission for the Prosecution of Crimes against the Polish Nation. p. 71. ISBN 978-83-8098-441-7.
After the liquidation of the Baku Commune, the Azeri government headed by the Musawat leader Fath Ali Khan Khoysky moved from Gandja to Baku.
- ^ Reynolds, Michael A. (2009). "Buffers, Not Brethren: Young Turk Military Policy in the First World War and the Myth of Panturanism". Past & Present (203): 137–179. doi:10.1093/pastj/gtp020. ISSN 0031-2746. JSTOR 25580931.
Although the Azeris possessed the best prospects with a regionally dominant Ottoman state, Azerbaijan's 'Act of Independence' was, like those of the other two Transcaucasian republics, strikingly subdued in its tone. Indeed, the soon-to-be prime minister of the republic, Fathali Khan Khoisky, was himself ambivalent about independence.
- ^ "Turkey has punished Yerevan with closure of airspace for "Nemesis" monument". Turan Information Agency. 2023-11-13. Retrieved 2023-11-13.
During Operation "Nemesis", former Prime Ministers of Azerbaijan Fathali Khan Khoysky and Nasibbek Yusifbekov (...) were killed.
- ^ "Presidential Library. Fatali Khan Khoyski" (PDF). p. 70. Retrieved 2010-07-09.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Хойский (Хан-Хойский) Фатали Хан Искендер". www.hrono.info. Retrieved 2024-11-07.
- ^ "Khoyski". azer.com. Retrieved 2024-11-07.
- ^ a b "Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan. Fatali Khan Khoyski". Retrieved 2010-07-09.
- ^ a b c Ahmadova, Firdovsiyya (2017). "Founders of the Republic: Fatali Khan Khoyski" (PDF). irs-az.com/new/pdf/201508/1440762901408949551.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-07-14.
- ^ Fuad Akhundov (Spring 1998). "Alimardan Topchubashev - Minister of Foreign Affairs (1862-1934)". Azerbaijan International. p. 31. Retrieved 2010-07-09.
- ^ Derogy, Jacques (1990). Resistance and Revenge: The Armenian Assassination of the Turkish Leaders Responsible for the 1915 Massacres and Deportations. Transaction Publishers. p. 61. ISBN 978-1-4128-3316-5.
- ^ Motta, Giuseppe (2013). Less than Nations: Central-Eastern European Minorities after WWI, Volume 2. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. p. 18. ISBN 978-1-4438-5429-0.
- ^ Newton, Michael (2014). Famous Assassinations in World History: An Encyclopedia. ABC-CLIO. pp. 269–270. ISBN 978-1-61069-286-1.
- ^ "Storm over the Caucas: A glance at the Iranian regional relations with the republics of Azerbaijan, Armenia and Georgia in the first period of independence 1917-1921" ( In Persian), Kaveh Bayat, The center for documents and diplomatic history, Tehran 2001, First ed., ISBN 978-964-361-065-4, p. 410
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