1. Salman Mumtaz was a member of the Union of Azerbaijani writers since 1934, a researcher in the 1st category of the literature sector of the Azerbaijani Branch of the Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union, and the director of the Azerbaijani Literature Department of the Azerbaijani National Institute of Scientific Research from 1929 to 1932.
Salman Mumtaz was a renowned Azerbaijani literary scholar and poet.
Salman Mumtaz compiled scientific texts of Khatai, Fuzuli, and others.
In October 1937, Salman Mumtaz became a victim of the Great Purge when he was arrested and sentenced to ten years of imprisonment.
Salman Mumtaz was shot in September 1941 in the city of Oryol while in prison.
Salman Mumtaz Mammadamin oghlu Asgerov was born on May 20,1884, in the Ganjali neighborhood of Nukha.
Salman Mumtaz's dad, Mammadamin was a merchant and his family lived in Central Asia for a long time.
Salman Mumtaz brings her sons Salman and Askhar to Ashgabat.
Salman Mumtaz buys a big box and fills it with gold until her sons grow up.
Since childhood, Salman Mumtaz was very interested in science; he knew Persian and Arabic languages perfectly.
Salman Mumtaz studied in Ashgabat, where he learned Persian and Arabic languages.
In 1893,9-year-old Salman Mumtaz met with Mirza Alakbar Sabir in Ashgabat.
Salman Mumtaz, who is engaged in trade at the loom of his uncle Karbalai Movsum, begins to collect Turkish manuscripts.
Salman Mumtaz played an important role in the publication of Mirza Alakbar Sabir's "Hop-hopname," which had been published two years earlier.
In Tbilisi, Salman Mumtaz befriended Mirza Jalil and financially supported the "Molla Nasraddin" magazine.
Salman Mumtaz spoke against religious bigotry and superstitions with his poems and feuilletons that he wrote in the "Molla Nasreddin" magazine, which was published in Ashgabat until 1918.
Salman Mumtaz assisted in the distribution of "Molla Nasreddin" magazine in Central Asia and other regions.
Salman Mumtaz returned to Baku with his family in 1918 and started working as a journalist in "Azerbaijan" newspaper.
When Salman Mumtaz moved to Baku, he lived for a while in the 3rd building on Krasnokrestovsky, on the property of his wife's brother Agarza.
Salman Mumtaz recited poems in Persian and Azerbaijani languages by heart and with a pleasant melody.
In 1924, Salman Mumtaz Asgarzade was the representative of the regional agency of "Azerneft supply" department with warehouses in Nukha, Gutgashen, Zaqatala, Gakh and Lagodekhi.
From 1920 to 1925, Salman Mumtaz managed to collect about 200 books, articles and manuscripts of various writers from representatives of Azerbaijani literature and art.
Salman Mumtaz published articles on Azerbaijani literature under the title "Forgotten leaves" in "Communist" newspaper.
In 1920, Salman Mumtaz was the organizer and chairman of the commission for restoration of Azerbaijani literature.
Salman Mumtaz participated in the 1st Turkology Congress held in Baku in 1926.
Salman Mumtaz Askerzadeh met here with the academician, professor Mehmet Fuat Kopruluzadeh, whose work he is closely acquainted with, and the founder of "Fuyuzat" magazine, Professor Ali bey Huseynzadeh.
Salman Mumtaz again applied to meet Salman Mumtaz and get information about him officially.
From 1929 to 1932, Salman Mumtaz worked as the head of the pre-capitalist Azerbaijani literature section of the Azerbaijan State Scientific Research Institute.
From February 1933, Salman Mumtaz worked as a researcher at the literary heritage department of the Azerbaijan Branch of the EA of the USSR.
Also, Salman Mumtaz was a first-class employee of the literature department of the Institute of Language and Literature of the Azerbaijani branch of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR.
In 1934, Salman Mumtaz participated in the First Congress of Soviet Writers held in the House of the Unions, Moscow.
Mammad Kazim Alakbarli, who attended the conference, made a speech and noted in his report that Salman Mumtaz played a major role in examining the legacy of poet Mirza Shafi Vazeh and his incomparable services for Azerbaijani literature.
Salman Mumtaz met the great writer at the first congress of Writers of the USSR.
Salman Mumtaz was interested in these studies and loved toponymics.
Salman Mumtaz traveled a lot and learned the geographical names of cities and villages during his travels.
Salman Mumtaz traveled simply with a backpack and his own shoes.
Salman Mumtaz worked on the compilation of scientific and critical works of classics of Azerbaijani literature.
Salman Mumtaz mastered the biographies and works of Imadaddin Nasimi, Shah Ismail Khatai, Habibi, Muhammad Fuzuli, Molla Vali Vidadi, Molla Panah Vagif, Ismail Bey Gutgashinli and others, as well as the memories of Mirza Alakbar Sabir and Abbas Sahhat.
Salman Mumtaz was a close friend of the famous poet and critic Mirza Alakbar Sabir.
Salman Mumtaz, who received spiritual strength from personalities like Mirza Alakbar Sabir and Mirza Jalil Mammadguluzade, created his artistic creativity in communication with friends such as Abdurrahim Bey Hagverdiyev, Huseyn Javid, Huseyn Sadiq, Abdulla Shaig, Jafar Jabbarli, Mikayil Mushfiq.
On June 10,1937, Salman Mumtaz was expelled from the Azerbaijan Writers' Union.
The personal records of Salman Mumtaz, preserved in the Central Archive of the Azerbaijan Academy of Sciences, include a directive issued by the head of AzFAN's Institute of Language and Literature, A Ahmadov, dated June 19,1937, No 26.
Salman Mumtaz Asgarov was dismissed from his position as a junior researcher in the literature department.
Nevertheless, Salman Mumtaz continued to collect and study rare manuscripts and books.
Salman Mumtaz endured three months of severe torture inflicted by Sinman, Galstyan, Avanesyan, and Borshchev.
Salman Mumtaz firmly stated that he had not joined any organization in 1925 or 1926 and did not hold a counter-revolutionary nationalist position.
Salman Mumtaz is an active member of the counter-revolutionary Pan-Turkist Center, established in 1936 at the Academy of Sciences, which sought to separate the Azerbaijani Soviet Republic from the USSR.
Salman Mumtaz carried out active counter-revolutionary activities at the Academy.
Some authors note that after Salman Mumtaz was arrested, 270 manuscripts he had collected were destroyed.
However, some authors state that Salman Mumtaz passed away on December 21,1941, in the Sol-Iletsk prison.
The death certificate presented to Mumtaz's family stated that Salman Asgarov died from a brain hemorrhage in the city of Oryol.
Mumtaz's death occurred as follows: Salman Mumtaz was transferred to the Sol-Iletsk prison on February 24,1938, and later to Oryol city to serve his sentence.
At that time, along with other prominent scientists who were victims of repression, Salman Mumtaz was exiled to Oryol.
Salman Mumtaz was only exonerated after the death of Joseph Stalin and the rise of Nikita Khrushchev to power.
Salman Mumtaz Agha noted in the preface to a book dedicated to the work of Masih Shirvani:.
In 1923, Salman Mumtaz published his first research under the title "Forgotten Pages" in the newspaper Kommunist.
In 1926, Salman Mumtaz published Nasimi's divan in the Azerbaijani language using Arabic script.
Salman Mumtaz noted that a famous cemetery in Shamakhi was associated with Shakhandan's name.
Salman Mumtaz translated details about Habibi given in Persian by Sam Mirza into Azerbaijani and introduced Habibi as a talented poet.
Salman Mumtaz was the first to provide information about Habibi's birth date.
In 1930, Salman Mumtaz published Shah Ismail Khatai's Divan for the first time.
In 1923, Salman Mumtaz published an incomplete list of Khatai's 17th-century poem Dahname.
On March 19,1937, Salman Mumtaz submitted a petition for the establishment of a commission regarding the first volume of Muhammad Fuzuli's works, which he had prepared for publication.
In 1933, while working as a junior researcher at the newly established Azerbaijan Branch of the USSR Academy of Sciences, Salman Mumtaz compiled a list of 483 Azerbaijani poets, emphasizing the importance of studying their lives and works.
Salman Mumtaz planned to conduct in-depth research on 104 of these poets.
Salman Mumtaz divided literature into two categories: "elite literature" and "folk literature".
Salman Mumtaz tirelessly worked on the collection and publication of Azerbaijani folklore.
Salman Mumtaz introduced Azerbaijani readers to authors such as Al-Farabi, Avicenna, Jalaluddin Rumi, Amir Khusrow Dehlavi, Abdurrahman Jami, Ilia Chavchavadze, and Rabindranath Tagore.
In one of these articles, Salman Mumtaz discussed the history of the study of Firdowsi's legacy and analyzed the poet's famous work, Shahnameh.
Salman Mumtaz conducted research on the Turkish poet Emrah, born and raised in Erzurum, and published several of his poems.
Salman Mumtaz was a collector of the works of classic literature creators.
Salman Mumtaz even traveled abroad to countries like Dagestan, Georgia, Armenia, Russia, and Central Asia in search of ancient and valuable books.
Salman Mumtaz had created an unmatched and extensive library with the manuscripts he painstakingly collected.
In October 1937, when Salman Mumtaz was arrested by NKVD officers, all his manuscripts, loaded into two large trucks, were confiscated.