Hashim bey Vazirov

Hashim bey Miriman oglu Vazirov () – was an Azerbaijani journalist, writer and publisher.
Biography.
Hashim bey Vazirov was born and had his primary education in Shusha. After graduating from Irevan Teachers’ Seminary, he worked as a teacher in Irevan, Barda, Shaki and Shusha. In the 1890s, being a teacher in real school in Shusha, H. Vazirov participated in organization of spectacles along with other teachers. In 1895, they staged “Marrying – not slaking the thirst” play by H.Vazirov. In these years Vazirov translated "Othello" by Shakespeare into Azerbaijani. Vazirov acted as Othello in a spectacle staged in Shusha, in 1904. Hashimbey Vazirov was the author of such plays as "School education", "Don’t knock my door – or your door will be knocked", "Marrying – not slaking the thirst". He wrote articles dedicated to enlightenment, science, socio-political issues. He worked as the editor of “Irshad” newspaper at different times, published “Teze hayat” newspaper, edited such newspapers as “Ittifag”, “Seda”, “Sadayi-hagg” and “Sadayi-Gafgaz”.