Mirza Mansur bey Mansurov

Mirza Mansur Mashadi Malik oghlu Mansurov (, January 5, 1887 — June 30, 1967) was an Azerbaijani tar player, pedagogue, Honored Art Worker of the Azerbaijan SSR.

Biography Mirza Mansur was born on January 5, 1887, in Baku. At the age of 11, he studied at a madrasa in the Siniggala Mosque and learned Persian perfectly. Mirza Mansur's father Mashadi Malik bey is known as the founder of Baku Mugham Gatherings. Mirza Mansur took his first tar lessons from the tar player Mirza Faraj Rzayev. His first mugham performances were "Shur" and "Rast". Mirza Mansur was a worthy successor of Sadigjan school.

He improved the tar instrument and brought innovations to the reconstruction of the tar. One of the four tars invented by Mirza Mansur is preserved in the Hermitage, the second in the Louvre, and the third in the museum in Istanbul. He kept the last tar. Two tape recordings of Mirza Mansur performed on the tar remained: "Khojasta" and "Mahur-Hindi" mughams.

Mirza Mansur died on June 30, 1967, in Baku.

Awards Honored Art Worker of the Azerbaijan SSR — April 23, 1940