Alimardan bey Alakbar bey oghlu Topchubashov (Azerbaijani: علیمردان بگ علیاکبر بگ اوغلی طوپچیباشیف, Әлимәрдан бәј Әләкбәр бәј оғлу Топчубашов, Əlimərdan bəy Ələkbər bəy oğlu Topçubaşov; 4 May 1862 – 8 November 1934) was a prominent Azerbaijani politician, foreign minister and speaker of the Parliament of Azerbaijan Democratic Republic.
Starting from that time he was actively involved in politics and quickly became one of the prominent leaders of Azerbaijani and Muslim people of Russian Empire.
His main platform was the political equality of all subjects of Russian Crown and the end to discriminations of Turkic and Muslim people.
At the brink of the First Russian Revolution Topchubashov was one of the initiators of famous meeting of Azerbaijani intelligentsia and bourgeoisie at Taghiyev's palace on 15 March 1905.
[5] In addition to providing financial assistance to those affected by the clashes, the committee's duties included making calls for interethnic peace through local and nationwide Russian press and investigating the nature of the incidents.
Despite the dominance of Tatars at the Congress, Azerbaijani Turks supported the common goals and concerns, which included advocating for the political unity of all Russian Muslims, ensuring equal representation of Muslims alongside Russians, upholding the rule of law, establishing freely elected representatives, creating educational institutions, and promoting the publication of books and periodicals.
[8] An excerpt from the speech of Alimardan bey Topchubashov clearly reflects the atmosphere of the congress:[9]'We the Turkish sons have the same origin, same ancestry, and same language.
Decisions made on February 18 allowed nations to have their own elected representatives participate in the formation and discussion of laws in the government.
[14] Topchubashov was arrested for three months, lost his right to be ever a parliament member, deprived of his place at Baku Municipality and Kaspi newspaper.
During this time Iran invited him to head one of the departments of the Iranian Ministry of Justice and reform its judiciary system, but Topchubashov rejected this offer and remained in Russian Empire to continue his struggle for the emancipation of the Muslim population.
At the conference, he managed to meet US President Woodrow Wilson and achieved the de facto recognition of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic in January 1920.
He is buried in the communal cemetery of Saint-Cloud (near Paris), with his wife, Peri Topchubashova, who died in 1947, and two other people who bear his name.