Today is the birthday of the legendary commander Allahverdi Bagirov

Today, National Hero of Azerbaijan, martyr of the Karabakh War Allahverdi Bagirov would have turned 80 years old.

BAKU.WS recalls that A. Bagirov was born in Aghdam on April 22, 1946.

In 1965, he graduated from secondary school No. 1 in the city of Aghdam, after which he became seriously involved in sports and subsequently became a well-known footballer in Aghdam. He was the head coach of the Aghdam football club "Qarabag."

A. Bagirov joined the People's Movement in 1988 from the first days of the Karabakh conflict and became one of its most active figures. After the events of "Black January" in 1990, Allahverdi organized a volunteer battalion in Aghdam, whose fighters took part in the defense of several villages of the Aghdam district.

In October 1991, under the command of Allahverdi Bagirov and his brother Eldar, military units of the National Army of Azerbaijan were formed in Aghdam. Eldar Bagirov was appointed commander of the Aghdam Territorial Self-Defense Battalion No. 845. The battalion, numbering 760 people, was named "Sons of the Fatherland."

Deputy of the Supreme Council of Azerbaijan Eldar Bagirov, who had signed the act "On the State Independence of the Republic of Azerbaijan" that same year, was mysteriously killed in front of his sister's house in the 4th microdistrict of the city of Baku when he was returning from a session of the Supreme Council. After Eldar Bagirov's death, the battalion was named after him, and his brother Allahverdi became the battalion's commander.

In January 1992, the battalion, which consisted of 150 soldiers, under the command of Allahverdi Bagirov overcame the resistance of enemy forces in the village of Nakhchivanly and even managed to reach the Askaran Fortress and seize all the heights of the village of Pirjamal. The Bagirov battalion also established a position opposite the village of Katuk. For the heroism that Allahverdi displayed during this two-hour operation, he was awarded the prize named after General Muhammad Asadov.

During the Khojaly genocide, A. Bagirov's battalion near Askaran managed to save hundreds of residents of the city. He made a great contribution to the removal from the battlefield of the bodies of those killed during the Khojaly genocide and the release of Azerbaijani prisoners in exchange for the bodies and prisoners of Armenian military personnel. Allahverdi Bagirov saved 1,003 residents of Khojaly from captivity in three days.

One of his military successes was the battle for the village of Aranzamin on June 12, 1992, when Bagirov's unit destroyed 100 and captured 10 enemy soldiers. Two days after this operation, on June 14, the vehicle of Allahverdi Bagirov, who had been urgently summoned to Aghdam, hit a mine on the road from Nakhchivanly.

By a decree of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan dated February 24, 1993, A. Bagirov was posthumously awarded the title of National Hero of Azerbaijan, and in 1998, by a decree of the national leader Heydar Aliyev, he was awarded the "Gold Star" medal.

It should be noted that after the liberation of Aghdam from Armenian occupation, the daughters of the National Hero visited his grave 27 years after his death.