Mahammad Amin Rasulzade

Mahammad Amin Akhund Haji Molla Alakbar oghlu Rasulzade^[a] (31 January 1884 – 6 March 1955) was an Azerbaijani politician, journalist and the head of the Azerbaijani National Council. He is mainly considered the founder of Azerbaijan Democratic Republic in 1918 and the father of its statehood. His expression "Bir kərə yüksələn bayraq, bir daha enməz!" ("The flag once raised shall never fall!") became the motto of the independence movement in Azerbaijan in the early 20th century.

"Rasulzade" redirects here. For the town in Azerbaijan, see Rəsulzadə.

Mahammad Amin Rasulzade

(1884-01-31)31 January 1884
Novkhany, Baku uezd, Baku Governorate, Caucasus Viceroyalty, Russian Empire
(now Azerbaijan)

6 March 1955(1955-03-06) (aged 71)
Ankara, Turkey

Cebeci Asri Cemetery

Musavat Party
Democrat Party^[1]

Umbulbanu Rasulzade

The Leader of Azerbaijan

The critic of the (Persian: تنقید فرقه اعتدالیون، و یا، اجتماعیون - اعتدالیون, romanized: Tanqid-e firqa-ye-Etedālīyūn va ya, Ejtemāīyūn-e etedālīyūn). Teheran, 1910 (in Persian);

party of Etedaliyun

The happiness of the mankind (: سعادت بشر, romanized: Saadet-e basher). Ardebil, 1911 (in Persian);

Persian

Two views on the form of government (together with Ahmet Salikov). Baku, 1917 (in Azerbaijani);

Democracy. Baku, 1917 (in Azerbaijani);

Which government is good for us? Baku, 1917 (in Azerbaijani);

Role of Musavat in the formation of Azerbaijan. Baku, 1920 (in Azerbaijani);

Azerbaijan Republic: characteristics, formation and contemporary state. Istanbul, 1923 (in Ottoman Turkish);

. Istanbul, 1923 and second edition in 1925 (in Ottoman Turkish);

Siyavush of our century

Ideal of liberty and youth. Istanbul, 1925 (in Ottoman Turkish);

Political Situation in Russia. Istanbul, 1925 (in Ottoman Turkish);

The collapse of revolutionary socialism and the future of democracy. Istanbul, 1928 (in Ottoman Turkish);

Nationality and Bolshevism. Istanbul, 1928 (in Ottoman Turkish);

in regard with the Caucasian problem. Paris, 1930 (in Russian; reprinted with an English introduction in 1985 in Oxford);

Panturanism

Azerbaijan's struggle for independence. Paris, 1930 (in French);

Shefibeycilik. Istanbul, 1934 (in Turkish);

Contemporary Azerbaijani literature. Berlin, 1936 (in Turkish);

Contemporary Azerbaijani literature. Berlin, 1936 (in Russian);

The problem of Azerbaijan. Berlin, 1938 (in German);

Azerbaijan's struggle for independence. Warsaw, 1938 (in Polish)

Azerbaijan's cultural traditions. Ankara, 1949 (in Turkish);

Contemporary Azerbaijani literature. Ankara, 1950 (in Turkish);

Contemporary Azerbaijani history. Ankara, 1951 (in Turkish);

Great Azerbaijani poet Nizami. Ankara, 1951 (in Turkish);

National Awareness. Ankara. 1978 (in Turkish);

Siyavush of our century. Ankara, 1989 (in Turkish);

Iranian Turks. Istanbul, 1993 (in Turkish);

Caucasian Turks. Istanbul, 1993 (in Turkish).

Rasulzade's works include:^[3]^[32]

Balayev, Aydin (2015). "Mamed Emin Rasulzadeh and the establishment of the Azerbaijani state and nation in the early twentieth century". Caucasus Survey. 3 (2): 136–149. :10.1080/23761199.2015.1045292. S2CID 142581341.

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Archived 2011-07-27 at the Wayback Machine

Leader's Page

Mahammad Amin Rasualzade Website

Speech by Rasulzadeh

"," by grandson Rais Rasulzade, Azerbaijan International, Vol. 7:3 (Autumn 1999), pp. 22–23.

Mahammad Amin Rasulzade, Founding Father of the First Republic

(1918-1920), in Azerbaijan International, Vol 6:1 (Spring 1998), pp. 26–30.

Mahammad Amin Rasulzade