Mirza Ali Haji Aga oglu Mojuz was born on March 29, 1873 in the village of Shabustar in a merchant family. Mojuz's father, Haji Agha, often traveled to Istanbul on business. He even moved there his two older sons, Huseyin and Hasan, and created there for them all the conditions for life. And his younger son Mirza Ali stayed with him. Mirza Ali received primary education in his homeland, in Shabustar, in a spiritual school. When the boy was 16 years old, he was left an orphan and moved to Istanbul to his brothers. Mojuz lived in Istanbul for 16 years selling school supplies. The poet was deeply inspired by the atmosphere of Istanbul. He spent most of his time reading, paying special attention to oriental literature and closely following contemporary socio-political media.

M. A. Mojuz wrote his first verse in Istanbul. The poet's work is strongly influenced by the some mollanasreddinists, especially M.A. Sabir. In his works, M.A. Mojuz touched upon the most urgent problems in satirical form: from everyday life to large-scale socio-political events. Mojuz was known in South Azerbaijan as a talented people's poet with democratic views, who wrote and created in simple native language and continued M.A.Sabir's literary style with dignity. Widely spread among the people, his poems became more and more popular and were on the lips even before they were published.

The publication of the magazine “Molla Nasreddin” became a source of inspiration for M.A. Mojuz to write satirical works, and throughout his life he remained faithful to the manner and style of M.A. Sabir. Like his teacher, M. A. Sabir, the poet in his work sought through sarcastic laughter to awaken the people from the sleep of ignorance and guide them towards knowledge and awareness. His statement, “I will awaken my people, just as Sabir did,” subjected the poet to persecution by Iran's ruling circles, fanatical proponents of religious superstition, corrupt government officials, and greedy speculators. In 1921, the magazine “Molla Nasreddin” was published in Tabriz, in which M.A. Mojuz's poems were published under the secret pseudonyms “Kabla Haqhverdi” and “Taza Shair”. The poet's satirical poems were published in 8 issues of the magazine. His poems were published in the 4th and 5th issues under the headings “Nisab” and “Hamamlarımyz” (Our baths), and in other issues under the general heading “Literature”.

The main leitmotif of M.A. Mojuz's work is such important social and political events that took place in Iran in the early XX century as the Sattarkhan movement of 1905-1911, the colonial policy of British and American imperialists in Iran, the defeat of the revolutionary government, the transition of the National Assembly into the hands of exploiters, the merciless bloody terror of the Shah's regime against freedom fighters, the death penalty, and so on. These poems, written under the influence of M.A. Sabir's satire, mercilessly denounced the ruling circles of South Azerbaijan, revealing their true face to the public.

Raising the flag of national independence and establishment of the national government in Tabriz at the call of the Democratic Party headed by Sh. M. Khiyabani became a source of inspiration for the poet. The theme of women's independence occupies a special place in the works of M.A. Mojuz. Seeing education as the way of salvation of the oriental woman, the poet in 1932, with great difficulty managed to open a school for girls.

In 1933, fleeing from persecution, M. A. Mojuz was forced to leave his homeland, and moved to the city of Shahrud in northeastern Iran, where he died on September 25, 1934 at the age of sixty-one.

Recommended literature:

1. Ələsgərova, Sakibə İsmayıl qızı. Mirzə Əli Möcüz Şəbüstəri /S. Ələsgərova; Elmi red.: X. Məmmədov. - Bakı: ADPU, 2002. - 182 s.
2. Möcüz, Mirzə Əli Şəbüstəri. Seçilmiş əsərləri: [şeirlər] /Mirzə Əli Möcüz ; toplayanı, tərt. ed. və ön sözün müəl. Q. Məmmədli. - Bakı: AVRASİYA PRESS, 2006. - 216 s.
3. Möcüz, Mirzə Əli Şəbüstəri. Əsərləri/Mirzə Əli Möcüz ; toplayanı, tərt., izahların müəllifi Q. Məmmədli ; red. S. Dağlı. - Bakı: Yazıçı, 1982. - 352 s.
4. Hüseynov, Firidun Cəlal oğlu. "Molla Nəsrəddin" və Mollanəsrəddinçilər [Mətn] /F. Hüseynov ; rəyçi. X. Məmmədov. - Bakı: Yazıçı, 1986. - 277 s.