Karim bey Mehmandarov

Karim bey Mehmandarov
Karim bey Mehmandarov
Born	December 2, 1854; Shusha, Azerbaijan
Died	December 20, 1929 (aged 75); Shusha, Azerbaijan
Nationality	Azerbaijani
Occupation(s)	Therapeutist, surgeon
Spouse	Princess Zari Qajar
Relatives	Samad bey Mehmandarov
Awards	Order of St. Anna ; 3rd class (1878); Order of St. Stanislaus ; 2nd class (1880); Order of St. Anna ; 2nd class (1897); Order of St. Vladimir ; 4th class (1911);

Karim bey (Abdulkarim) Mustafa bey Mehmandarov (Azerbaijani: Kərim bəy (Əbdülkərim) Mustafa bəy oğlu Mehmandarov, 2 December 1854, Shusha–20 December 1929, Shusha) was an Azerbaijani physician, M.D. of Medical-Surgical Academy, one of the first Azerbaijanis who have graduated from the Medico-Surgical Academy in St. Petersburg, one of the leaders of the Shusha educational society "Neshr Maarif", founder of the first Russian-Azerbaijani Shusha school for girls.^[2]

Mehmandarov graduated from Baku Gymnasium (1872) and St. Petersburg Medical-Surgical Academy (1877), then worked in a military hospital and combated diphtheria outbreak in Poltava Guberniya.^[1] Having returned to Azerbaijan in 1883, he continued his practice.^[1]

A hospital and a street in Shusha, Azerbaijan are named after him.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Azerbaijani Soviet Encyclopedia (1982), vol. 6, p. 470
^ Galina Mikeladze. Неизвестные страницы жизни Абдул Керима Мехмандарова - Очерк (in Russian). 1news.az. Retrieved 2014-01-03.

[ASE-1] Azerbaijani Soviet Encyclopedia (1982), vol. 6, p. 470

[2] Galina Mikeladze. Неизвестные страницы жизни Абдул Керима Мехмандарова - Очерк (in Russian). 1news.az. Retrieved 2014-01-03.

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