Agha Ashurov

Agha Ashurov (Azerbaijani: Ağa Aşurov Hacı Aslan oğlu; 1886–1936) was an Azerbaijani statesman who served as Minister of Industry and Trade and Minister of Postal Service and Telegraph of Azerbaijan Democratic Republic, and was member of Parliament of Azerbaijan.

[1] The Ashurov family of Baku traces its trading and shipping operations back to the early eighteenth century.

The family was politically active since the Tsarist period:[2] Agha's uncle, Ali Iskander Ashurov (known as Iskander Ashurov) was a prominent member of the All-Russia Congress of Muslims and also of the Ittifaqi al-Muslimin political party.

Agha Ashurov graduated from Baku Gymnasium and from an Engineering Technology Department of a university in Germany.

At the time of massacres of Azerbaijanis by Armenians and Bolsheviks in March 1918, Ashurov was a member of Muslim Representatives Committee, negotiating during peace talks with Revolutionary Defense Committee, Armenian National Council and Iranian Consul to Azerbaijan Habibullah khan.