Mammadtaghi Aliyev

Mahammadtaghi Aliyev, also known as Mahammadtaghi Alizadeh (January 10, 1858, Shamakhi – 1918, Shamakhi), was a public and political figure, economist, and publicist. He was one of the five Azerbaijanis elected to the First State Duma of the Russian Empire.

He was killed by Dashnaks during the Shamakhi massacre.

Life Those sitting from the left: his brother Mehdi Aliyev, Mammadtaghi Aliyev, Ali bey Huseynzade. Standing: Sadig bey Agabayzade (St. Petersburg, 1886) Mammadtaghi Haji Abdussamad oghlu was born on January 10, 1858, in Shamakhi. From 1864 to 1868, he studied at a neighborhood school in Shamakhi, from 1868 to 1874 at a six-class school under the Caucasian Muslim Religious Administration in Tbilisi, and from 1874 to 1878 at a real school in Baku. After completing his secondary education, he pursued higher education at the Petrovsky-Razumovsky Agricultural and Forestry Academy in Moscow, specializing in agronomy and economics. During his time at the academy, he began engaging in political and literary activities and became a member of the Imdadiyya Society, using the pen name "Shirvani" in "Akinchi." To further his specialization, he traveled to Europe, living in France and Germany for a year, where he wrote and published a scientific work on the economy of the Silesian region. In 1906, Mahammadtaghi Aliyev was elected as a deputy to the First State Duma of the Russian Empire from the Baku Governorate. As an economist, he sympathized with the Trudoviks party in the Duma and, as a member of the Muslim faction, supported the idea of national autonomy for non-Russian peoples. He was fluent in German, French, Arabic, Persian, and Russian. Later, his house was set on fire, and all the rare manuscripts and books in his library, including his own works on economics and agriculture, were destroyed.