Fereydun Ebrahimi

Fereydun Ebrahimi
Procurator-General of Azerbaijan People's Government
In office
1945–1946
Personal details
Born1919 (1919)
Astara, Iran
Died1947 (aged 27–28)
Tabriz, Iran
PartyAzerbaijani Democratic Party
Alma mater

Fereydun Ebrahimi (Azerbaijani: فریدون ابراهیمی, Persian: فريدون ابراهيمي; 1919 – 1947) was an Iranian Azerbaijani jurist and politician. He was chairman of the Azerbaijani Democratic Party in the Iranian province of Azerbaijan Astara, and a graduate of faculty of law of Tehran University. Ebrahimi was the Procurator-General of Azerbaijan People's Government in 1945. He was executed in Tabriz after the fall of Azerbaijan People's Government.[1] He is considered to be the great-uncle of French author Marjane Satrapi.[2]

Life

Early life

Firidun Gani oglu Ibrahimi was born on November 21, 1918 in Astara.[3][4] After studying in Astara until the 9th grade, he moved to Anzali to continue his education.[4][5] After studying in Anzali for the 10th and 11th grades, he moved to Tabriz and studied in the 12th grade at the Firdovsi School.[4][5] After graduating from school in 1941, he entered the Faculty of Law of Tehran University.[6] He graduated from the Faculty of Law of Tehran University in 1945.[7][8] During these years, he mastered Persian, French, and Arabic.[9][10]


After studying in Astara until the 9th grade, he moved to Anzali to continue his education.[4][5] After studying in Anzali for the 10th and 11th grades, he moved to Tabriz and studied in the 12th grade at the Firdovsi School.[4][5] After graduating from school in 1941, he entered the Faculty of Law of Tehran University.[6] He graduated from the Faculty of Law of Tehran University in 1945.[7][11]

Political activism

Ibrahimi became involved in the movement of making the region of Azerbaijan an independent country.

A member of the 21 Azer, Ibrahimi was made the Procurator-General of Azerbaijan in 1945[12][13] Ibrahimi together with Zeynalabdin Qiyami[13] were tasked with writing a history of Azerbaijan.[13]

In 1946, Ibrahimi was made the minister of Education and given the responsibility to establish a school system.[14]

The following year the Shah's forces took control over the region and many members of the government fled. Ibrahimi however chose to remain.

Ibrahimi advised his brother Anushiravan Ibrahimi to flee with his family to the Soviet controlled region, which he did and settled in Baku. Ibrahimi himself was arrested.

Death

Ibrahimi was executed on May 22, 1947,[15] by hanging in the Golestan Park in Tabriz.

He was later buried in Emamiyyeh cemetery; [Persian:قبرستان امامیه]

Ibrahimi's father was poisoned to death after being released from prison in December 1958.

Returning to Iran after the Iranian revolution, and continuing to work towards an independent Azerbaijan, Ibrahimi's brother Anoushiravan Ibrahimi was arrested and executed in Evin Prison in Teheran on 13 September 1987.

References

  1. ↑ Moezzi, Fatimah. "History of Pahlavi Rijals" (PDF). Journal: Iranian contemporary history. Retrieved 8 October 2013.
  2. ↑ Satrapi, Marjane (2003). Persepolis. Pantheon. p. 61. ISBN 9780375714573.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
  3. ↑ Ələkbərli 2021, p. 221.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 Qəribli 2014, p. 170.
  5. 1 2 3 4 "Ötən və gələcək günlərin unudulmaz adı; Firudin İbrahimi - Ətəkyazı". Ətəkyazı (in Azerbaijani). 2022-05-22. Retrieved 2025-01-14.
  6. 1 2 Qəribli 2014, p. 171.
  7. 1 2 Tudə XVII 2020, p. 149.
  8. ↑ "یادی از رفیق شهید فریدون ابراهیمی، دادستان خلقی حکومت ملی آذربایجان". adfmk.com. Retrieved 2025-01-14.
  9. ↑ Bayramzadə, Səməd (2021-01-12). "Firidun İbrahimi - Azərbaycanın danışan dili, Firidun İbrahimi şəxsiyyəti-iftixarlı tariximizin parlaq səhifəsi | Azərbaycan Demokratik Firqəsi". Azərbaycan Demokratik Firqəsi. Archived from the original on 2021-01-12. Retrieved 2025-01-14.
  10. ↑ Qocayev, İsmayıl. "Farsların dar ağacından asdıqları Firudin İbrahimi". sherg.az (in Azerbaijani). Archived from the original on 2023-01-31. Retrieved 2025-01-14.
  11. ↑ Hasan (17 November 2024). "یادی از رفیق شهید فریدون ابراهیمی، دادستان خلقی حکومت ملی آذربایجان". adfmk.com. Retrieved 2025-01-14.
  12. ↑ Hasanli, Jamil (2022-07-14). Stalin's Early Cold War Foreign Policy: Southern Neighbours in the Shadow of Moscow, 1945-1947. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-1-000-60426-9.
  13. 1 2 3 Hasanli, Jamil (2006-06-29). At the Dawn of the Cold War: The Soviet-American Crisis over Iranian Azerbaijan, 1941–1946. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. ISBN 978-0-7425-7090-0.
  14. ↑ ISMAELY, VAGIF SULTANLY AND IRAJ (2014). MODERN AZERBAIJANI WOMEN?S PROSE. Trafford Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4907-2467-6.
  15. ↑ Rustamkhanli, Sabir (2013-04-19). My Road of Life. AuthorHouse. ISBN 978-1-4817-9183-0.

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