Zulfugar Hajibeyov

Zulfugar bey Abdulhuseyn oghlu Hajibeyov (Azerbaijani: Zülfüqar bəy Əbdülhüseyn bəy oğlu Hacıbəyov, 17 April 1884 – 30 September 1950) was an Azerbaijani composer and a member of a family noted for its musical talents.

[1] Their brother Jeyhun was a publicist, journalist, and ethnographer, and helped Uzeyir compose the opera Layla and Majnun.

His son, Niyazi Hajibeyov, was also a composer, and directed the Azerbaijan State Symphony Orchestra for 40 years.

[2] Hajibeyov's house in Shusha is classified as a historical monument "bearing state importance" by Azerbaijan.

[3] With his son Niyazi, Hajibeyov wrote the music for one of the first films of Azerbaijan, Almaz, released in 1936.