Mammed Said Ordubadi

Mammad Said Ordubadi (Azerbaijani: Məmməd Səid Ordubadi; 24 March 1872 – 1 May 1950) was an Azerbaijani writer, poet, playwright and journalist.

Ordubadi started his career as a poet. His articles and poetry were published in many of the Azerbaijani-language magazines of the time. During the Iranian Constitutional Revolution, Ordubadi joined the Muslim Social Democratic Party (Hummet). In 1911, he published Years of Blood, a collection of firsthand accounts of the clashes between Armenians and Azerbaijanis in 1905. In 1918, he joined the Communist Party, and his articles were published in the official newspaper of the Hummet Party. Along with the 11th Red Army, he went to Dagestan and published the journal Red Dagestan magazine there. He returned to Baku after the Sovietization of Azerbaijan.

Today, Ordubadi is remembered as one of the most important Azerbaijani intellectuals of the Soviet era. He served twice as a deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the Azerbaijan SSR, the highest legislative institution in the country. His novels include Sword and Quill, about the medieval poet Nizami Ganjavi, Foggy Tabriz, about the Iranian constitutional revolution, and also Mysterious Baku and Fighting City, which are both about the revolutionary activities of the Bolsheviks and the 26 Baku Commissars. He also published articles about the activities of Nariman Narimanov, the Azerbaijani national and communist leader.