Süleyman Rəhimov

His creativity is closely linked to a great development period of the Azerbaijani prose. Rahimov's novels are among the noteworthy works of this genre. These novels are characteristic of covering epochal incidents, such as emotionalism, realism, psychology, and craftsmanship from the local folklore. The birth and development of the new Azerbaijani novelty in the 1930s was closely linked to the writer's creativity. Rahimov started his writing career with a novel that remained the main genre of his prose during his creative activity. Shamo (Şamo) and Sachly (Saçlı) are his most notable works in this regard. In these novels, Rahimov described his characters via the great social events and conflicts of the era, and demonstrated their human qualities. He is also the author of many novelettes and stories that possess romantic and satirical nature.

Süleyman Rəhimov studied at Baku State University. The recorded working language is Azerbaijani. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are prose, opinion journalism and poetry. Distinctions recorded are Order of Lenin, Hero of Socialist Labour, Order of Friendship of Peoples and Order of the Red Banner of Labour.

• Name — Suleyman Rahimov • Pen Name — "Sangarli" (1940s) • Native Name — Süleyman Rəhimov • Birth Name — Suleyman Huseyn oglu Rahimov • Born — 22 March 1900 • Birthplace — Əyin, Zangezur uezd, Elizavetpol Governorate, Russian Empire • Died — 11 October 1983 • Place of death — Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, Soviet Union • Resting Place — Alley of Honor • Education — Azerbaijan State University • Occupation — Writer, politician • Language — Azerbaijani • Genres — Prose, opinion journalism • Notable Works — Shamo Sachly The Caucasian Eagle • Children — Ogtay, Shamo, Arif, Agil, Shafiga, Rafiga • Awards — Hero of Socialist Labour • Years Active — 1930–1983

Suleyman Rahimov was born in Əyin in the Elizavetpol Governorate of the Russian Empire, which is now in Qubadli District of Azerbaijan on 4 April 1900. According to his memoir Road of life (Həyat yolu), Rahimov was born in a farmer family. He was raised by his father's uncle, Allahverdi. He received education in Allahverdi's Mullah house, but was sent to a Russian school in Gubadly on 1912. When he was 16, Armenian forces occupied Rahimov's birthplace and his family became a refugee. They settled in Qubadli, Qəzyan, Sarıl, Ağalı and other nearby settlements. During this time, he lost his mother and two sisters. In 1921, Rahimov went to Xanlıq (now de facto called Ishkhanadzor) and worked there as a teacher in a newly opened school. After receiving pedagogical classes in Shusha he worked as a teacher in multiple schools across Zangezur uezd. In 1928 Rahimov and his friend Ali Valiyev went to Baku and studied at the History faculty of Azerbaijan State University for three years. He then gave literacy lessons to old workers in Black City.

Like nearly every survivor of the Great Purge, Rahimov expressed communist ideas in his works. Suleyman Rahimov started his writing career in 1931, with Shamo (Şamo), which he kept working on until 1978 and released 5 volumes. The series covers numerous events, characters through artistic imagery. There is no such series in the Azerbaijani literature. Shamo has a complex artistic environment. Artistic genius has a spontaneous importance in the novel, largely dependent on the forms of reality that take place directly in the writer's imagination. That is why, in the novel, the artistic principles of socialist realism are essentially intertwined with the writer's imagination. The characteristics and lifestyle of the Shehli village described in Shamo was patriarchal. Rahimov expressed the issues that other Azerbaijani writers of that time, such as Najaf bey Vazirov, Abdurrahim bey Hagverdiyev, Nariman Narimanov and Jalil Mammadguluzadeh did. During World War II Rahimov joined a Soviet unit and moved to Tabriz, Iranian Azerbaijan. During this time, he wrote under the pen-name of "Sangarli" (lit. with trench). Rahimov wrote a novelette called Death of grandmother (Nənənin ölümü), describing the life of children in Tabriz. Suleyman Rahimov became the chairman of the Union of Azerbaijani Writers multiple times (1939–1940, 1944–1946 and 1954–1958).

Suleyman Rahimov was a communist. From 1934 to 1937 he worked in political professions in Lachin, Samukh, Shahbuz and Norashen districts. Rahimov then worked as Secretary of Propaganda at the Baku City Committee of Communist Party of Azerbaijan (1940–1941), Deputy Head of the Propaganda and Agitation Department at the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Azerbaijan (1941–1944), Chairman of the Cultural and Educational Affairs Committee under the Council of Ministers of Azerbaijan (1945–1958).

• Shamo (Şamo; vol. 1–5, 1931–1978) • Sachly (Saçlı; 1940–1948) • In the mountains of Aghbulag (Ağbulaq dağlarında; 1955–1956) • Monument of mother (Ana abidəsi; 1961–1967) • The Caucasian Eagle (Qafqaz qartalı; vol. 1–3, 1971–1975)

• Voice of the Earth (1941) • Aynaly (Aynalı; 1942) • Medallion (Medalyon; 1942) • Brother's grave (Qardaş qəbri; 1943) • Death of grandmother (Nənənin ölümü; 1940s) • Mehman (1944) • Wish (Arzu; 1947) • Cousin (Xalauşağı; 1944) • Legend of the Gyuzgyugol (Güzgügöl əfsanəsi; 1960s) • Relentless neighing (Kəsilməyən kişnərti; 1960s) • Foremost eagle and raven (Baş qartal və alaqarğa; 1960s) • Bahram and Zarafshan (Bəhram və Zərəfşan; 1962) • To one's own solicit (Öz minnətinə; 1967–68) • Kapaz (Kəpəz; 1969–70) • Laughed (Uğundu; 1965) • In the girls' residence (Qızlar oylağında; 1972–74)

• Mahtaban (Məhtaban;???) • Gudrat Gudratov (Qüdrət Qüdrətov; 1942) • Towel with rooster (Xoruzlu dəsma; 1942) • Water application (Su ərizəsi; 1942) • Bashful guest (Üzsüz qonaq; 1943), • Hag (Küp qarısı; 1943) • Conscientious (Malyeməz; 1944) • Envious person (Paxıl adam; 1944) • Bread without solicit (Minnətsiz çörək; 1945), • Rock of the bride (Gəlin qayası; 1945), • Khahish-nameh (Xahişnamə; 1945) • Village of Mozalan (Mozalan kəndi; 1945) • Step (Ögey; 1945) • Gravel of the nymph (Pəri çınqılı; 1959) • Laughing fish (Gülən balıq; 1964)

• From the book of the last days (Ötən günlər dəftərindən; 1946; memoir) • Road of life (Həyat yolu;???; memoir)