Subhanverdikhanov Abdulla bey Vali was born on January 1, 1883 in Guseynbayli village of Gazakh region. Graduated from Gori Teachers Seminar, studied at the Eastern Department of the History faculty at Baku State University. He has been a teacher in Adjharia for a while, and since 1904 has been a teacher in Baku. He has worked closely with the “Meshri-Maarif” and “Nijat” societies.
He worked as an interpreter at the Ministry of Internal Affairs during the People’s Republic of Azerbaijan, taught the Azerbaijani language in state-organized courses for re-training of non-Turkish officials.
He was a member of the Public Education Commissioner during the Soviet era, participated in the organization of schools in provinces, and was a member of the Department for Literature and Classroom Literacy.
He worked as a teacher at the Higher Pedagogical Institute, Transcaucasian Military School, a head of a model pedagogical technician, assistant and assistant professor at the Azerbaijan State University, Industrial Institute, Institute of National Economy. Head of the Azerbaijan State Archive, scientific secretary of the History Department of the Azerbaijan Scientific Research Institute. Had carried out scientific research in the field of history, ethnography, folklore and natural sciences, has written the works “Scientific-zoological”, “Mecheid feudal Agha Mir Fattah”, “Shaki khan’s history and their descendants”, “Folklore materials classification”, “Totemism in Iran villages”, ” Iran and the Ottoman issue “and collected material for writing five-volume Azerbaijani history.
Abdullabey Divanbeyoglu has rich heritage. He is known as the author of “Abdul and the prince” (1902), “Heart fire” (1903), “Snake” (1906), “Worker” (1907), “Arday valley” (1920), “Fight” (1911) and others. Abdulla bey Divanbeyoglu, who was a writer, educator and folklor researcher, is one of the most prominent figures of Azerbaijani culture.
Source: Misir Mardanov. History of Azerbaijan’s education. “Education” publishing house, 2011. Baku, vol. I, 295 p.

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