Mirgasim Cheshmazer

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Mirgasim Cheshmazer was Chairman of the Azerbaijan Democratic Party in 1954–1959, and a scientist.

During the period of the Azerbaijan People's Government, he was the commandant of the Tabriz loyalist units, Sayyed Ja'far Pishevari's assistant, and chairman of the Azerbaijan Radio Committee.

Life

Mirgasim Mikayil oghlu Chashmazer was born in 1920.

He was a member of the Tabriz Committee of the Tudeh Party established in 1944.{{cite book|author=Cəmil Həsənli|title=СССР-Иран: Азербайджанский кризис и начало холодной войны: 1941-1946 гг.|year=2006|location=Moskva|publisher=Герои Отечества|url=https://ebooks.az/book_bGtJoIqm.html?lang=ru|page=48|access-date=2023-05-03|archive-date=2023-07-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230706001107/https://ebooks.az/book_bGtJoIqm.html?lang=ru|url-status=live}} He was a member of the Central Committee of the Azerbaijan Democratic Party.{{cite book|author=Mirqasım Çeşmazər|title=Azərbaycan Demokrat Partiyasının yaranması və fəaliyyəti|year=1986|location=Bakı|publisher=Elm nəşriyyatı|url=http://www.achiq.info/m.hukumet/adfchL.pdf|page=89|access-date=2023-05-02|archive-date=2023-05-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230502083542/http://www.achiq.info/m.hukumet/adfchL.pdf|url-status=live}}{{cite book|author=Cəmil Həsənli|title=Güney Azərbaycan tarixin yol ayrıcında (1939-1945)|year=2023|location=Bakı|publisher=Qanun nəşriyyatı|url=|page=103}} From December 10, 1945, to January 15, 1946, he served as the commander of the Tabriz loyalist units.{{cite web|url=http://aze.adfmk.com/entries/daxili-x%C9%99b%C9%99rl%C9%99r/arxivd%C9%99n-tan%C4%B1lan-21-az%C9%99r--medal%C4%B1|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200208175417/http://aze.adfmk.com/entries/daxili-x%C9%99b%C9%99rl%C9%99r/arxivd%C9%99n-tan%C4%B1lan-21-az%C9%99r--medal%C4%B1|archivedate=2020-02-08|title=Arxivdən tanılan " 21 Azər" medalı|author=Tariyel Ümid|date=2018-12-11|publisher=aze.adfmk.com|accessdate=2023-05-02|language=az}} From January to June 1946, he was an assistant to S. J. Pishevari.{{cite book|author=Tərtib edən və məsul redaktor: Səməd Bayramzadə|title="21 Azər – 70" fotoalbom (şərhlərlə)|year=2015|location=Bakı|publisher=“Araz” nəşriyyatı|url=http://shirvan.cls.az/front/files/libraries/2474/books/321245743.pdf|page=70|isbn=978-9952-8285-3-5|access-date=2023-05-02|archive-date=2022-03-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220309080413/http://shirvan.cls.az/front/files/libraries/2474/books/321245743.pdf|url-status=unfit}} On April 26, 1946, he became the head of the Tabriz radio station established near the Azerbaijan Radio Committee.{{cite book|author=Cəmil Həsənli|title=СССР-Иран: Азербайджанский кризис и начало холодной войны: 1941-1946 гг.|year=2006|location=Moskva|publisher=Герои Отечества|url=https://ebooks.az/book_bGtJoIqm.html?lang=ru|page=252|access-date=2023-05-03|archive-date=2023-07-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230706001107/https://ebooks.az/book_bGtJoIqm.html?lang=ru|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.baki-xeber.com/medeniyyet/165151.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230502121712/https://www.baki-xeber.com/medeniyyet/165151.html|archivedate=2023-05-02|title=Təbriz radiosu - Cənubi Azərbaycan mədəniyyət tarixinin incisi...|author=İradə Sarıyeva|date=2023-04-18|publisher=baki-xeber.com|accessdate=2023-05-02|language=az}} On September 3, 1946, on the first anniversary of the establishment of the Azerbaijan Democratic Party, he was honored with the "Sattarkhan" order for his participation in the national democratic movement.{{cite web|url=http://www.anl.az/down/meqale/xalqcebhesi/2020/noyabr/727857.htm|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230502123658/http://www.anl.az/down/meqale/xalqcebhesi/2020/noyabr/727857.htm|archivedate=2023-05-02|title="Azərbaycan" qəzetinin səhifələrində / 54-cü yazı|date=2020-11-12|publisher=Xalq Cəbhəsi qəzeti|accessdate=2023-05-02|language=az}}{{cite book|author=Tərtib edən və məsul redaktor: Səməd Bayramzadə|title="21 Azər – 70" fotoalbom (şərhlərlə)|year=2015|location=Bakı|publisher=“Araz” nəşriyyatı|url=http://shirvan.cls.az/front/files/libraries/2474/books/321245743.pdf|page=106|isbn=978-9952-8285-3-5|access-date=2023-05-02|archive-date=2022-03-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220309080413/http://shirvan.cls.az/front/files/libraries/2474/books/321245743.pdf|url-status=unfit}} In 1946, at the initiative of S. J. Pishevari, Mirgasim Chashmazer, and others, the "Babak Resistance Unit" was formed to resist the entry of the Tehran army into Azerbaijan{{cite web|url=https://www.xalqcebhesi.az/news/southazerbaijan/38776.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200919121935/https://www.xalqcebhesi.az/news/southazerbaijan/38776.html|archivedate=2020-09-19|title=Güney Azərbaycana hərbi yürüşün başlanması və milli hökumətin süqutu|author=Əkrəm Rəhimli|date=2019-10-23|publisher=Xalq Cəbhəsi qəzeti|accessdate=2023-05-02|language=az}}

After the dissolution of the Azerbaijan People's Government, he came to Baku. There, he defended his academic work on "The Formation and Activity of the Azerbaijan Democratic Party" and obtained a doctoral degree in history sciences as a nominee for history. He engaged in scholarly activities at the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences in the Department of "Southern Azerbaijan History".{{cite web|url=https://azerbaycan-ruznamesi.org/2020/12/20/mirqasim-cesmaz%C9%99r-100-yaxud-74-il-%C9%99vv%C9%99l-s%C9%99sl%C9%99n%C9%99n-danisir-t%C9%99briz-muraci%C9%99ti/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207015459/https://azerbaycan-ruznamesi.org/2020/12/20/mirqasim-cesmaz%C9%99r-100-yaxud-74-il-%C9%99vv%C9%99l-s%C9%99sl%C9%99n%C9%99n-danisir-t%C9%99briz-muraci%C9%99ti/|archivedate=2023-02-07|title=Mirqasım Çeşmazər-100: Yaxud 74 il əvvəl səslənən "Danışır Təbriz" müraciəti|publisher=azerbaycan-ruznamesi.org|accessdate=2023-05-02|language=az}}

In 1954, Mirgasim Cheshmazer was elected president of the Azerbaijan Democratic Party through elections during the party's conference.{{cite web|url=http://aze.adfmk.com/entries/daxili-x%C9%99b%C9%99rl%C9%99r/blog-post-26|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220818230420/http://aze.adfmk.com/entries/daxili-x%C9%99b%C9%99rl%C9%99r/blog-post-26|archivedate=2022-08-18|title=Azərbaycanın Demokrat Firqəsi (Bitməmiş Azadlıq Layihəsi) on ikinci hissə|author=Məhəmmədhüseyn Yəhyai|date=2021-07-20|publisher=aze.adfmk.com|accessdate=2023-05-02|language=az}} He held the position of president of the Azerbaijan Democratic Party from 1954 to 1959.{{cite web|url=https://azerbaycan-ruznamesi.org/2021/09/03/az%C9%99rbaycan-demokrat-firq%C9%99sinin-s%C9%99drl%C9%99ri/|title=Azərbaycan Demokrat Firqəsinin sədrləri|publisher=azerbaycan-ruznamesi.org|accessdate=2023-05-02|language=az|archive-date=2023-05-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230505023830/https://azerbaycan-ruznamesi.org/2021/09/03/az%C9%99rbaycan-demokrat-firq%C9%99sinin-s%C9%99drl%C9%99ri/|url-status=live}}{{cite book|author=Cəmil Həsənli|title=Советский Азербайджан: От оттепели к заморозкам|year=2020|location=Moskva|publisher=Политическая энциклопедия|url=http://www.maxima-library.org/year/b/526475?format=read|page=}}{{Dead link|date=June 2023|bot=InternetArchiveBot}} He was also involved in the beginnings of the Azerbaijan National Liberation Movement in 1988.

He passed away in the year 2000.

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