| Hashim bey Vazirov Haşım bəy Vəzirov | |
| Birth Date: | 1868 |
| Birth Place: | Shusha, Russian Empire |
| Death Date: | 1916 |
| Death Place: | Baku, Azerbaijan |
| Occupation: | Writer, journalist and publisher |
Hashim bey Miriman oglu Vazirov (Azerbaijani: Haşım bəy Vəzirov; 1868–1916) – was an Azerbaijani journalist, writer and publisher.[1]
Hashim bey Vazirov was born and had his primary education in Shusha. After graduating from Irevan Teachers’ Seminary, he worked as a teacher in Irevan, Barda, Shaki and Shusha. In the 1890s, being a teacher in real school in Shusha, H. Vazirov participated in organization of spectacles along with other teachers. In 1895, they staged “Marrying – not slaking the thirst” play by H.Vazirov. In these years Vazirov translated Othello by Shakespeare into Azerbaijani. Vazirov acted as Othello in a spectacle staged in Shusha, in 1904. Hashimbey Vazirov was the author of such plays as School education, Don’t knock my door – or your door will be knocked, Marrying – not slaking the thirst. He wrote articles dedicated to enlightenment, science, socio-political issues.[2] He worked as the editor of “Irshad” newspaper at different times, published “Teze hayat” newspaper, edited such newspapers as “Ittifag”, “Seda”, “Sadayi-hagg” and “Sadayi-Gafgaz”.[3] [4]