Sona Iskander gizi Akhundova-Garayeva (Azerbaijani: Sona xanım İsgəndər bəy qızı Axundov; 16 October 1898 – 19 October 1971) was an Azerbaijani poet and one of the first women in Azerbaijan to receive higher education.

[3] Her father was Iskander Mirza Abdulhuseyn bey oglu Akhundov, a graduate of the University of Krakow-Jagiellonian, and mother Zuleykha Bayramalibeyova, one of the educated and enlightened women of her time.

[3] One of the most famous Akhundova's poems “Vatan” was included in the book "Ashugs and poets of Azerbaijan" published in 1974.

[5] Reviews about Sona khanum's poems were published in the beginning of the last century in "Sada", "Ishik", "Kaspi", "Zaqafqazskaya rech" and other newspapers.

[6] On 16 October 2018, the Azerbaijan Writer's Union presented a book “Sona Akhundova-Garayeva.