| Haydarbek Genichutlinsky | |
| Birth Date: | 1829 |
| Birth Place: | Giničukḷ, Avar Khanate |
| Death Place: | Arabia, Ottoman Empire |
Haydarbek Genichutlinsky (; 1829-1883) or Gaidarbek Genichutlinsky[1] was an Avar theologian, poet and historian.
Haydarbek was born in 1829 in the village of Genichutl in the family of the Avar nobleman Umar-Hajji b. Hamza. Haydarbek had two brothers: Bats-Akhmad and Hamza, an Arabic-language clerk of the Avar Khanate. Like his brother, Hamza was an outstanding expert in the traditional circle of Arab-Muslim sciences. Fazu Aliyeva, Avar human rights activist is a descendant of Hamza.
Haydarbek was married to a daughter of Inkvachilav Dibir, Imam Shamil's naib over Avaria. She was also the aunt of Maksud Alikhanov. He died in 1883 while on Hajj, in Ottoman Empire.[2]
Genichutlinsky wrote in Arabic rhymed prose. His essays are works divided into chapters with a chronicle plot. They include:
He narrated on the basis of oral traditions and various manuscripts of local origin. He also described events that he himself witnessed. Translations of his essays from Arabic into Russian were published in 1992 in a collection called "Historical, biographical and historical essays" .