Seqat-ol-Eslam Tabrizi
Mirza Ali-Aqa Tabrizi, known as Seqat-ol-Eslam Tabrizi (also transcribed as Siqat-ul-Islam or Seghat-ol-Islam), (Tabriz, January 19, 1861 - Tabriz, December 31, 1911) was an Iranian nationalist who lived in Tabriz, Iran, during the Iranian Constitutional Revolution and was a reformist Shia cleric. He was hanged by Russian troops with 12 other Iranian nationalists in Bagh-e Shomal at the age of 50 during Russian Invasion of Tabriz, 1911. He is buried in Maqbaratoshoara, Tabriz.
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The original photography of his hanging is currently shown in Azerbaijan Museum.
Life
He was born in Tabriz in 1861. His father Haj Mirza Sahfie Sadr Seqat-ol-Eslam Tabrizi was a dominant figure in the Tobacco Protest. He studied in Tabriz, Najaf, and Karbala. After the death of his father he was given the title of Seqat-ol-Eslam by the king Mozzafaradin Shah.
He was one of the influential intellectuals among the people of Tabriz. After the conclusion of the Tabriz Siege by Russian forces a conflict between the Russian forces and the revolutionaries broke out. The Russians insisted that he should sign a letter confirming the responsibility of revolutionaries in starting the conflict. He refused, and Russians hanged him with twelve other nationalists.
His life was depicted in the TV-series Seghatolislam by Hojjat Ghasem-Zadeh-Asl, produced by Sahar TV (also see the fr:Sahar TV French page).
References
Mohammad Saeed Ordubadi, Foggy Tabriz, (محمد سعید اردوبادی، تبریز مه آلود، ترجمه رییسی نيا)
See also
- Foggy Tabriz by Mohammad Saeed Ordubadi
- Constitution House of Tabriz
- Occupation of Tabriz by Russian army in 1911