Jalil Mammadguluzadeh
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Jalil Huseyngulu oghlu Mammadguluzadeh was an Azerbaijani satirist and writer. He was the founder of Molla Nasraddin, a satirical magazine that would greatly influence the genre in the Middle East and
Jalil Mammadguluzade
Azerbaijani writers, with Jalil Mammadguluzadeh positioned second from the left
First issue of Molla Nasreddin, 1906
Molla Nasraddin (magazine)
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Molla Nasraddin was an eight-page Azerbaijani satirical periodical published in Tiflis, Tabriz and Baku. From the second issue of 1931, the magazine was called Allahsyz in the Azerbaijani and occasion
Jalil Mammadguluzadeh
…Azerbaijani: جلیل مَمَغُلوزاده, Cəlil Məmmədquluzadə; 22 February 1869 – 4 January 1932) was an Azerbaijani satirist and writer. He was the founder of Molla Nasraddin, a satirical magazine that would greatly influence the genre in the Middle East and Central Asia. Mammadguluzadeh is considered to be one of the first…
Molla Nasraddin #22 (c. 1910)
In a 1910 cartoon in Molla Nasraddin Europe and Japan are prosperous and developed while the rest of Asia, the Middle East and Africa are lands of slackers and oppressed lower classes. Caption: "The state of the continents in the twentieth century."
Russian Second Duma member Mustafa Mahmudov (second from right) displaying Molla Nasraddin