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Molla Vali Vidadi

1709 - 1809

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Molla Vali Vidadi (Azerbaijani: Molla Vəli Vidadi) (17 March 1709, Shamkir – 13 May 1809, near Gazakh) was an Azerbaijani poet. Little is known about Vidadi. He spent most of his life in his native town of Shamkir (then called Shamkhor) where he taught at a religious school. According to some sources, Vidadi spent some years in Tiflis, Georgia, where he served as a court poet for King Erekle II. Upon the death of the king's son Levan in 1781, Vidadi wrote an elegy dedicated to the deceased. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Molla Vali Vidadi is the 4,460th most popular writer (up from 4,634th in 2019), the 95th most popular biography from Azerbaijan (up from 106th in 2019) and the 23rd most popular Azerbaijani Writer.

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Among writers, Molla Vali Vidadi ranks 4,460 out of 7,302. Before him are Brendan Behan, Aleksey Koltsov, Naomi Klein, Lloyd Alexander, Oppian, and Jan Blahoslav. After him are Stijn Streuvels, Gervase of Tilbury, Louis Paul Boon, Michael Morpurgo, Karel Teige, and Fedir Bohatyrchuk.

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Among people born in 1709, Molla Vali Vidadi ranks 23. Before him are Giovanni Domenico Maraldi, Ernst Ludwig II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, Alexei Razumovsky, John Cleland, Antonio Rinaldi, and Francesco Araja. After him are Jean-Baptiste-Louis Gresset, and Charles Avison. Among people deceased in 1809, Molla Vali Vidadi ranks 26. Before him are Ludwig von Cobenzl, Anton Stamitz, Dirk van der Aa, Meriwether Lewis, Nicolas Dalayrac, and Ignacy Potocki. After him are Vasily Chichagov, Andrew Planche, and Paul Sandby.

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In Azerbaijan

Among people born in Azerbaijan, Molla Vali Vidadi ranks 95 out of 232. Before him are Aydin Ibrahimov (1938), Georges Candilis (1913), Mirza Alakbar Sabir (1862), Abraham Alikhanov (1904), Jafar Jabbarly (1899), and John M. Stahl (1886). After him are Mikayil Mushfig (1908), Tatiana Zatulovskaya (1935), Avet Terterian (1929), Alim Qasimov (1957), Arif Malikov (1933), and Veronika Dudarova (1916).

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Among WRITERS In Azerbaijan

Among writers born in Azerbaijan, Molla Vali Vidadi ranks 23. Before him are Molla Panah Vagif (1717), Anar Rzayev (1938), Sakina Akhundzadeh (1865), Natallia Arsiennieva (1903), Mirza Alakbar Sabir (1862), and Jafar Jabbarly (1899). After him are Mikayil Mushfig (1908), Akram Aylisli (1937), Ajdar Ismailov (1938), Abbas Sahhat (1874), Mirvarid Dilbazi (1912), and Chingiz Abdullayev (1959).

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