A Study on the Life and the Works of Sultan Mecid Ganizâde

Project no. 32258 · Status: Kapanmış (Yayın bekleniyor) · 2024

Summary

<p>Distinguished&nbsp;primarily&nbsp;by&nbsp;his&nbsp;identity&nbsp;as&nbsp;an&nbsp;educator,&nbsp;Sultan&nbsp;Mecid&nbsp;Ganizade&nbsp;occupies&nbsp;a&nbsp;significant&nbsp;position&nbsp;in&nbsp;Azerbaijani&nbsp;intellectual&nbsp;history,&nbsp;simultaneously&nbsp;assuming&nbsp;the&nbsp;roles&nbsp;of&nbsp;writer,&nbsp;poet,&nbsp;translator,&nbsp;dramatist,&nbsp;pedagogue,&nbsp;and&nbsp;lexicographer.&nbsp;He&nbsp;attained&nbsp;a&nbsp;level&nbsp;of&nbsp;education&nbsp;that&nbsp;was&nbsp;inaccessible&nbsp;to&nbsp;most&nbsp;of&nbsp;his&nbsp;contemporaries&nbsp;and&nbsp;acquired&nbsp;proficiency&nbsp;in&nbsp;Russian,&nbsp;which&nbsp;enabled&nbsp;his&nbsp;admission&nbsp;to&nbsp;the&nbsp;Aleksandrovski&nbsp;Teachers’&nbsp;Institute&nbsp;in&nbsp;Tiflis.&nbsp;In&nbsp;1887,&nbsp;together&nbsp;with&nbsp;his&nbsp;colleague&nbsp;Habib&nbsp;Mahmudbeyov,&nbsp;he&nbsp;established&nbsp;the&nbsp;first&nbsp;Russian-Tatar&nbsp;(Azeri)&nbsp;School&nbsp;in&nbsp;Baku&nbsp;(1887–1891).&nbsp;This&nbsp;institution&nbsp;constituted&nbsp;a&nbsp;landmark&nbsp;in&nbsp;the&nbsp;development&nbsp;of&nbsp;education&nbsp;in&nbsp;Azerbaijan.&nbsp;Adopting&nbsp;the&nbsp;usul-i&nbsp;jadid&nbsp;method&nbsp;of&nbsp;instruction&nbsp;formulated&nbsp;by&nbsp;İsmail&nbsp;Gaspıralı,&nbsp;the&nbsp;school&nbsp;earned&nbsp;considerable&nbsp;prestige&nbsp;and&nbsp;catalyzed&nbsp;the&nbsp;foundation&nbsp;of&nbsp;similar&nbsp;institutions&nbsp;throughout&nbsp;the&nbsp;region.</p><p>Throughout&nbsp;his&nbsp;career,&nbsp;Ganizade&nbsp;held&nbsp;various&nbsp;positions&nbsp;as&nbsp;teacher,&nbsp;principal,&nbsp;and&nbsp;educational&nbsp;inspector,&nbsp;thereby&nbsp;playing&nbsp;a&nbsp;pivotal&nbsp;role&nbsp;in&nbsp;shaping&nbsp;the&nbsp;pedagogical&nbsp;landscape&nbsp;of&nbsp;his&nbsp;time.&nbsp;His&nbsp;contributions&nbsp;to&nbsp;Azerbaijani&nbsp;theater&nbsp;were&nbsp;equally&nbsp;substantial:&nbsp;he&nbsp;authored&nbsp;original&nbsp;plays,&nbsp;translated&nbsp;dramatic&nbsp;works&nbsp;from&nbsp;foreign&nbsp;literatures,&nbsp;and&nbsp;actively&nbsp;participated&nbsp;in&nbsp;performances.&nbsp;Over&nbsp;the&nbsp;course&nbsp;of&nbsp;nearly&nbsp;five&nbsp;decades&nbsp;in&nbsp;the&nbsp;sphere&nbsp;of&nbsp;education,&nbsp;he&nbsp;trained&nbsp;numerous&nbsp;students&nbsp;who&nbsp;carried&nbsp;forward&nbsp;his&nbsp;intellectual&nbsp;legacy.</p><p>Following&nbsp;the&nbsp;Bolshevik&nbsp;Revolution,&nbsp;Ganizade&nbsp;resigned&nbsp;from&nbsp;public&nbsp;service&nbsp;in&nbsp;1919&nbsp;in&nbsp;order&nbsp;to&nbsp;engage&nbsp;in&nbsp;political&nbsp;life&nbsp;and&nbsp;entered&nbsp;the&nbsp;national&nbsp;parliament.&nbsp;However,&nbsp;during&nbsp;the&nbsp;Soviet&nbsp;period,&nbsp;he&nbsp;was&nbsp;accused&nbsp;of&nbsp;opposition&nbsp;to&nbsp;the&nbsp;regime,&nbsp;subsequently&nbsp;arrested,&nbsp;and&nbsp;in&nbsp;1937&nbsp;executed&nbsp;by&nbsp;firing&nbsp;squad.</p><p>The&nbsp;present&nbsp;study&nbsp;seeks&nbsp;to&nbsp;introduce&nbsp;the&nbsp;distinguished&nbsp;educator&nbsp;Sultan&nbsp;Mecid&nbsp;Ganizade—who&nbsp;has&nbsp;hitherto&nbsp;received&nbsp;little&nbsp;comprehensive&nbsp;scholarly&nbsp;attention&nbsp;in&nbsp;Turkey—by&nbsp;examining&nbsp;his&nbsp;life&nbsp;and&nbsp;works,&nbsp;and&nbsp;aims&nbsp;to&nbsp;contribute&nbsp;both&nbsp;to&nbsp;Azerbaijani&nbsp;literary&nbsp;studies&nbsp;and&nbsp;to&nbsp;the&nbsp;history&nbsp;of&nbsp;pedagogy.</p>

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