Mursal Javadov
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Mursal Javadov | |
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| Born | 21 March 1932 Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, Soviet Union |
| Died | 19 December 2021 Pirşağı, Azerbaijan |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Nationality | Azerbaijani |
| Spouse | Malak Javadova |
| Children | Gulana Javadova, Fuad Javadov, Matanat Bayramova |
Mursal Aghaverdi oglu Javadov (Azerbaijani: Mürsəl Ağaverdi oğlu Cavadov; 21 March 1932 – 19 December 2021), known professionally as Mursal Javad, was an Azerbaijani journalist, radio editor, and publicist. He was a long-time member of the Union of Azerbaijani Journalists and held key editorial positions in Azerbaijani national radio. Over a career spanning more than three decades, he contributed significantly to journalism, particularly in documenting the lives of workers and diaspora connections between Northern and Southern Azerbaijan.
Early life and education
[edit]Mursal Javadov was born on 21 March 1932 in Baku, the capital of the Azerbaijan SSR, then part of the Soviet Union. He was the second child of Aghaverdi and Habiba, whose ancestral roots were from the villages of Mashtaga and Pirshaghi on the Absheron Peninsula.
Javadov completed his secondary education in Baku and went on to study journalism at Baku State University, where he developed his early interest in media and reporting.
Career
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After graduating from university, Mursal Javadov began his professional career in journalism under the pen name Mursal Javad. He dedicated more than three decades of his life to Azerbaijani national radio, where he served as an editor and presenter of several programs.[1]
He was most notably the chief editor of the weekly radio journal Mən fəhləyəm ("I Am a Worker"), which focused on the lives and contributions of industrial workers. His journalistic work highlighted the oil workers who first tapped into the oil fields of the Caspian Sea, including Oil Rocks, the Baku field, Bulla Island, and the 28 May oil field.[1]
Javadov also traveled to Tyumen, Russia, where he reported on Azerbaijani oil workers and introduced the famed oil engineer Farman Salmanov to Azerbaijani listeners through his first radio feature.[1]
In the 1990s, he became the editor of the radio program Körpü ("Bridge"), which played a significant role in reconnecting families separated across the borders of Northern and Southern Azerbaijan, particularly between Soviet Azerbaijan and Iranian Azerbaijan. One personal highlight from this period was his emotional reunion—facilitated through radio—with his cousin, the composer Ali Salimi, whom he had not seen since childhood. The family had been separated in the 1930s due to Soviet deportation policies targeting migrants from Iran. This separation inspired Salimi's famous song Ayrılıq ("Separation").[1]
Javadov later invited Ali Salimi to Baku, hosted him at his home, and chronicled their reunion and shared memories in a personal essay titled Yada Sal Məni ("Remember Me"), preserved in the Azerbaijan Radio archives.[1]
Personal life
[edit]Mursal Javadov met his future wife, Malak Javadova (née Aslanova), during his school years. They married on 12 November 1955 and remained together until his death. Malak Javadova, sister of the philologist Mirabbas Aslanov, worked for many years in the Department of Law at Baku State University.
The couple had three children:
- Their eldest daughter, Gulana Javadova, is a candidate of sciences in molecular biology.
- Their son, Fuad Javadov, has served as executive director of Caspian Phoenix LTD (Crystal Water).
- Their youngest daughter, Matanat Bayramova (née Javadova), worked as a computer engineer at the computing center of the Baku Zərgərsənaye Production Association. She later married Jahangir Bayramov, son of the Azerbaijani poet Tofig Bayram.
Outside of his professional life, Javadov enjoyed playing the accordion and was an avid fan of mugham music. He was also passionate about gardening and spent much of his leisure time cultivating his garden.
Death
[edit]Mursal Javadov passed away on 19 December 2021 in the settlement of Pirshaghi, located on the outskirts of Baku. He was laid to rest at the Pirshaghi Cemetery.