Firidun bey Ahmad bey oglu Kocharli or Kocharlinski (Azerbaijani: Firidun bəy Köçərli[1]; Russian: Фиридун-бек Кочарлинский or Кочарли) (26 January 1863, in Shusha – 1920, in Ganja) was a prominent Azerbaijani writer, philologist, and literary critic.

Firidun graduated from the local Russian-Muslim school and was admitted to the Transcaucasian Teachers Seminary in Gori.

His major academic work is Topics on the History of Azerbaijani Literature, which was published only in 1925, five years following his death.

[2] He was married to Badisabah Kocharli, née Vakilova, a Gazakh-native teacher who later worked in Baku, Zagatala, and Shaki.

[3] In the Soviet era, Kocharli's works remained largely unknown due to his political affiliation with the anti-Communist Musavat Party.