Aslan Ashurov

Hajji Aslan Ashurov (b. c.1853 – c.1909) was an Azeri shipping and trading entrepreneur and politician, based in Baku.

His descendants today include the wife and children of Azeri politician and former National Security minister, Eldar Mahmudov.

[1] By 1898, the Ashurov family had become major business figures in Baku:[2] the Ashurov Brothers Trading Company is recorded as owning 5 steamships, 3 barques (three masted sailing ships); 5 additional sailing ships, and 8 barges.

Aslan Ashurov also took advantage of the developing Azeri oil industry to advance his shipping and trading interests[3] across the Russian empire and beyond.

The First Russian Revolution of 1905 saw ethic conflicts in the Caucasus, and numerous terrorist actions in Baku and Duma proceedings show that Aslan Ashurov was one of the key figures in the Baku city Duma to discuss the crisis.