Behbud Khan Javanshir
| Behbud Khan Javanshir Behbud xan Cavanşir |
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| Minister of Internal Affairs of Azerbaijan Democratic Republic (ADR) | |
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In office June 17, 1918 – December 26, 1918 |
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| President | Alimardan Topchubashov (Chairman of Azerbaijani Parliament) |
| Preceded by | Fatali Khan Khoyski |
| Succeeded by | Khalil Bey Khasmammadov |
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| Born | 1877 Azad Qaraqoyunlu, Javanshir Uyezd, Elisabethpol Governorate |
| Died | 1921 (aged 44) Constantinople, Ottoman Empire |
Behbud Khan Javanshir Azad Khan oglu (Azerbaijani: Behbud xan Cavanşir Azad xan oğlu) (1877 – July 18, 1921) was an Azerbaijani politician, diplomat, Minister of Internal Affairs of Azerbaijan Democratic Republic (ADR) and Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry.
Behbud Khan Javanshir was born in 1877 in Azad Qaraqoyunlu village of Javanshir Uyezd of Elisabethpol Governorate. His father Azad Khan Javanshir was the great grandson of the founder of Karabakh Khanate Panah Ali Khan. From 1890 through 1898, he studied at Tiflis Realny School where he learned German. In 1902, he got enrolled in Freiberg University of Mining and Technology graduating cum laude in 1906. He then moved to London and learned English.
Upon his return to Azerbaijan in 1907, he started working as senior engineer in the oil industry. According to archival documents, Behbud Khan was a member of anti-government Difai organization along with Ahmad Bey Aghayev, Garay Bey Garaybeyov, Mammad Hasan Hajinski, Isa Bey Ashurbeyov and Niftali Bey Behbudov.
While travelling to Germany, Behbud Khan brought German wheat to Karabakh which was acclimatized by local farmers and is used today. He was also the first person to bring an automobile to Karabakh region at a time when roads were built. After March massacres of 1918, Behbud Khan was a member of Azerbaijani-Armenian reconciliation commission.
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