Ajdar Ismayilov

Ajdar Ismayilov (full name: Ajdar Tağı oğlu İsmayılov; 23 April 1938 – 13 March 2022) was an Azerbaijani doctor of philological sciences, and one of the most active founders of New Azerbaijan Party. Life Ismayilov finished Azerbaijan State University, the faculty of philology in 1961. He was a teacher, school director, worker of "Sherg gapisi" newspaper of Ministry of Internal Affairs from 1961 to 1977 and a teacher of literature in Nakhchivan State University, senior teacher as assistant professor and professor, in 1977–1994. Ismayilov died on 13 March 2022, at the age of 83. Scientific activity Ismayilov was the candidate of Literature Institute at Azerbaijan SSR Academy of Sciences named Nizami in 1969. He defended his candidacy dissertation "The historical dramas of Huseyn Javid" ("The Prophet", "Topal Teymur", "Seyavush", "Khayyam") under the leadership of academician Mammad Arif Dadashzade, the vice president of academy, in 1974.