Muslim Socialist Bloc Explained

The Muslim Socialist Bloc was a political party in Transcaucasus/Azerbaijan. The party was formed in the fall of 1917, as an Azeribaijani offshoot of the Socialist-Revolutionary Party. The main leaders of the party were Aslan bey Safikurdski and Ibrahim Haidarov. The Muslim Socialist Bloc had a predominantly agrarian party, with a loose organizational structure.^[1]

The party obtained 159,770 votes in the 1917 Russian Constituent Assembly election.^{[2] [3] [4]}

When the South Transcaucasian Seim was formed in 1918, the Muslim Socialist Bloc held seven seats: Ibrahim Haidarov, Ali Khan Kantemirov, Aslan Bey Safikurdski, Ahmad Jovdat Pepinov, Baghir Rzayev, Jamo Hajinski and Mahammad Maharramov.^[5]

Notes and References

1. Book: Tadeusz Swietochowski. Russian Azerbaijan, 1905-1920: The Shaping of a National Identity in a Muslim Community. 7 June 2004. Cambridge University Press. 978-0-521-52245-8. 108.
2. Book: I̐agub Maḣmudov. Azärbaycan Xalq Cümhuriyyäti ensiklopediyası. 2004. Lider Näşriyyat. 215. 9789952417449 .
3. Book: Айдын Балаев. Азербайджанское национальное движение в 1917-1918 гг. 1998. Елм. 126.
4. Book: Richard G. Hovannisian. Armenia on the Road to Independence, 1918. registration. 1967. University of California Press. 978-0-520-00574-7. 108.
5. Book: Jamil Hasanli. Foreign Policy of the Republic of Azerbaijan: The Difficult Road to Western Integration, 1918-1920. 16 December 2015. Routledge. 978-1-317-36617-1. 24–25.