Keep me logged in. Forgot password? March - June Haji Zeynalabdin Taghiyev was born into a poor family in Baku and began work as a bricklayer. He invested the money he managed to save in the most profitable business in the s β oil. He was one of the first Azerbaijani oil entrepreneurs to establish a basis for the development of non-oil business from oil profits. He was not only a successful entrepreneur; he was also a great public figure. He was repeatedly elected to the Baku Duma and was involved in many civic projects, particularly in financing the construction of a horse-drawn tramline and the Baku-Shollar water pipeline.
He constructed the first theatre building in Baku, in Taghiyev sponsored the founding of educational institutions in Baku, Ganja, Shemakha and Nakhchivan as well as beyond the borders β in Tiflis, Derbend, Vladikavkaz and other cities. Educated girl, educated mother, educated family He wrote From my Experience in the Teze Heyat New Life newspaper of 12 February β¦ when I was poor, I did not receive anything from my parents except for love and hugs and I think that my present condition is due to the love and hugs they gave me.
I cannot explain whether it is just luck or a blessing from Allah, but I love and cherish my nation, its happiness and future existence as much as industry and business, even more so.
The one thing that I believe is important for that future is the upbringing and education of my people⦠Recognising the necessity of opening schools to educate and raise young children and the importance of publishing books and newspapers for the education and development of adults, I attended to these issues and will do so in the future.
He dearly wished them to be educated, cultured and broad-minded. He believed that an uneducated and oppressed woman was also an uneducated mother. He often asked: What can such a woman give to her child?
