Abbasgulu Bakikhanov

Abbasgulu agha Bakikhanov (Azerbaijani: Abbasqulu ağa Bakıxanov) (21 June [O.S. 3 July] 1794, – January 1847), Abbas Qoli Bakikhanov, or Abbas-Qoli ibn Mirza Mohammad (Taghi) Khan Badkubi, also known by his pen name Qodsi (Azerbaijani: Qüdsi), was an Azerbaijani writer, historian, journalist, linguist, poet and philosopher. He was the son of the third khan of Baku, Mirza Muhammad Khan II. He served as an officer in the Imperial Russian Army and participated in the Russo-Persian War of 1826–1828. He later retired and settled in Quba.

Many Azerbaijani scholars view Bakikhanov as among their first thinkers and historians. He is credited with writing the first scholarly monograph about the history of greater Shirvan, i.e., the area that would later make up most of the Republic of Azerbaijan. His Qanun-e Qodsi was one of the first grammars of the Persian language.