managed to cease parallel leadership after talks with M.A.Rasulzade in Paris in 1928.
Moreover he had put forth consistent efforts aimed at realization of the idea of
directing emigration from the single center.
Although Topchubashev had been unable to witness Azerbaijan's
independence personally, he had seen an implementation of one of the ideas he had
persistently fought for - in June 1934, in his presence, Azerbaijanis, Georgians,
Armenians and some other nations of the Caucasus had signed a document regarding
the establishment of Caucasus Confederation Pact. His death that had come on
November 5, 1934 in Paris, where he had lead an extremely modest life, had
saddened members of emigrant community regardless of their nationality and had
been accepted as a common loss. The “Prometey” magazine - joint publication of the
Caucasus's emigration, had dedicated a special issue to the memory of Topchubashev.
After arrival in Baku on a two-month business trip in August 1919, Hajinski
had not returned to Paris. In his letter to the Council of Ministers of the Republic of
Azerbaijan Topchubashev had insisted on Hajinski not to be assigned any duties in
the capital and persistently requested his return to Paris in two month's time.
Obviously, certain motives had stood behind Topchubashev's decision, as he was
familiar enough with his employee. Hajinski had played negative role upon his return
to Baku, standing in the center of political rivalry and power struggle that several
months later had entailed the loss of Azerbaijan's independence. Certainly, driven by
the idea of Azerbaijani oil and having a clear picture of impossibility of existence of
the Bolshevik regime without Baku, Lenin and his aides on the ground would have
achieved their goals without the assistance of such hesitant politician as Hajinski.
However, the involvement of such politicians in the government of Azerbaijani had
accelerated the process.
Holding a post of a minister of interior in the cabinet of Nesibbey Yusifbeyli
(24 December 1919 - 30 March 1920) Hajinski had been generally Bolshevik
oriented. Therefore, some members of the government, especially Khoyski that had
been a staunch supporter of harsh political course concerning Russia, had not
accepted him. As a result, on February 18, 1920 he had been dismissed from the post
of minister of interior, however, he had retained a post of minister of trade, food and
industry, thus maintaining a position within the government and continuing his
destructive role.
Upon the pretext of failing to demonstrate adequate determination in respect
of appeasing
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Armenian revolt in Nagorno Karabakh on March 30, supporters of
Hajinski had achieved the resignation of Yusifbeyli's cabinet. Hajinski had been
commissioned with formation of the new cabinet. Before April 20, simultaneous to
open talks with representatives of different parties, he had held secret negotiations
with the Bolsheviks and five days prior to the incursion of the XI army to Azerbaijan
had announced the relinquishment of authority vested in him by parliament for the
formation of the cabinet. Thus, during the country's vital period Hajinski's hesitation
resulted in deliberate crisis of power that had hastened the demise of the national
government.
Having announced his resignation from the ranks of the Musavat Party and
joining Azerbaijan's Communist Party (Bolsheviks) several days before the Bolshevik
occupation Hajinski had later worked in various soviet and administrative positions.
However, all his “merits” were unable to spare him of the jaws of the Soviet
punishment machine. He had been arrested in 1930, based on a directive of the first
secretary of Transcaucasian regional committee L.Beriya and had been murdered in
prison in Tbilisi, Georgia on March 8, 1931, before the completion of the
investigation.
A. Seykhulislamov had continued his political activity in France, and later in
Germany, after World War II. During late 1920-s his relations with Topchubashev
had become aggravated. He had considered the delegation to the Paris Peace
Conference to be the sole authorized representative of the Republic of Azerbaijan and
had strongly opposed the activity of the Azerbaijan National Center in Istanbul
headed by Rasulzade. Seykhulislamov accused Topchubashev of uniting Azerbaijan's
political emigration and directing it from the single center and for his readiness to
concede to a certain compromise for that matter. In 1943 Seykhulislamov had been
elected to the leadership of Assembly of Azerbaijan's National Unity (AANU) -
political organization established by former Soviet army officer and prisoner of war
A.Fatalibeyli-Dudenginski and in 1951 together with Hajibeyli and Ismail Akbar he
had co-signed Wiesbaden Declaration on behalf of Azerbaijan establishing Salvation
Council of Nations of Russia. Azerbaijan's freedom and independence had been
Seykhulislamov's ideals till the end (he died in poverty in Paris on March 2, 1961).
Hajibeyli had shared political views with Seykhulislamov. He also had been
elected to the leadership of AANU, and then in 1952 he had become chief-editor of
“Azerbaijan” - magazine published by AANU in Munich. His activity as a political
publicist, researcher and scientist had been versatile and fruitful. Back in 1919 the
famous oriental magazine of Paris “Revue du mond Musulman “had published his
article entitled “The First Muslim Republic” dedicated to the Republic of Azerbaijan.
He had been the author of numerous articles about Azerbaijan's history, language,
literature and ethnography published in Paris in famous “Journal Asiatique”. In 1926
he had published a book entitled
“Karabakh (Caucasian Azerbaijan) dialect and folklore” compiled of
extensive linguistic and ethnographic materials.
He had translated the comedy “Arshin mal alan” composed by his brother
Uzeyir Hajibeyli into English and French and had published it in Paris, and had put it
on stage there with the participation of French actors. For his multifaceted activity he
had been elected a full member of the French Academy of Oriental Studies - “Societe
Asiatique”. He had spent the rest of his life working for the Insititute of Soviet Union
Studies in Munich and had also contributed to the publications of this institute on the
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