Hajibeyli Jeykhun Abdoul-Huseyn oglu was the Azerbaijani publicist and the public figure. He was the younger brother of the outstanding Azerbaijani composer Uzeir Hajibeyli.

Hajibeyli Jeykhun was born in the town of Shusha in 1891. Having finished the Russian-Tatar school in Shusha, he continued his study in Baku. With the assistance of the Maecenas Murtuza Mukhtarov Hajibeyli was sent to study law at the Petersburg University. Later, he left Petersburg for France, to enter the Sorbonn University in Paris. Since the beginning of the XX century Hajibeyli cooperates with the Baku press very actively. Besides publishing the articles in “Caspiy”, “Irshad” and “Taraggi” newspapers, he was occupied with editing of the Russian-language Baku "Azerbaijan" newspaper.

Due to close creative cooperation of Uzeir Hajibeyli with Jeykhun Hajibeyli, the first Azerbaijani opera "Leyli and Mejnun" was staged in Baku, in 1908. 

In 1916, having graduated from the University, J. Hajibeyli returned to Baku, where he was occupied with editorial activity and wrote for the press with articles narrating about grievous condition of the people. His articles were published under the pen name "J. Dagestani".

When the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic was established, J. Hajibeyli was appointed to hold a post of the editor of the “Azerbaijan” newspaper, which was an official organs of the governmental press. In 1919, he was included into the Azerbaijani delegation (directed by Alimardan bey Topchubashov), which should participate in the Versailles peace conference, in Franse. After the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic’s fall in 1920, J. Hajibeyli didn't return to Azerbaijan and til the end of his life he lived in Paris, where he had enough opportunities for activity in promotion of history and culture of Azerbaijan. He translated an ample quantity of poems of the Azerbaijani poets like: Vidadi, Nabati, Kasumbey, Zakir and others into French. He was also an author of a number of articles written on various philological and literary subjects ("Hafiz Shirazi", "Life of Firdousi", "The Azerbaijani poetesses" and others). Living in France, J. Hajibeyli published the articles in some French magazines and newspapers; he took an active part in the foundation of the Azerbaijani edition of Radio "Freedom".

J. Hajibeyli is the author of many stories, scientific works and articles devoted to the Azerbaijani history, language and literature. The story "Morning of Haji Kerim", whose author was J. Hajibeyli, was published in the “Caspiy” newspaper. He also was an author of the researches "Babek and the Ancient State Arran", "The History of the Cities of Baku and Barda" and the articles devoted to the creativity of the Iranian poets A.Firdousi and Shiraz. One of the most valuable works of J.Hajibeyli was the research "Karabakh Dialect and Folklore", published in "The magazine of two worlds” in 1934, in Paris. The same magazine inserted his other two works: the "From the history of Azerbaijan. Abbasgulu Agha Bakikhanov" and the "Intellectual potential in the USSR". J.Hajibeyli’s special attention was drawn to the problems of liberation and equality of women, to their roles in public work and social struggle. The book named the "Anti-Islamic Promotion and Its Methods in Azerbaijan", which was a result of his researches, was published by the Institute for studying of the USSR in Munich, in 1959.

Jeyhun Hajibeyli died on October 22, 1962 in Paris and was buried in Saint-Cloud Cemetery. One of the streets in Baku is named after him.

Recommended literature:

1. Hacıbəyli, Ceyhun. Seçilmiş əsərləri: mühacirət dövrü /C. Hacıbəyli; tərc.ed., tərt.ed. və ön sözün müəl. M. Əmrahov; red. B. Ağayev. - Bakı: Elm, 2006. - 98 s.
2. Hacıbəyli, Ceyhun. Əsərləri: [məqalələr] /C. Bəy Hacıbəyli ; araşdırıb topl., ərəb əlifbasından latın qrafikasına çevirəni L. Hacıyeva ; transliterasiya red., və lüğətin tərtibçisi S. Xalidoğlu [ön söz əvəzi]. - Bakı: Elm və təhsil, 2022. - 179 s.
3. Tahirli, Abid Həmid oğlu. Ceyhun Hacıbəylinin həyat və yaradıcılığı: [monoqrafiya] /A. Tahirli; elmi red. N. N. Cabbarlı ; AMEA, N. Gəncəvi adına Ədəbiyyat İn-tu. - Bakı: Elm və Təhsil, 2019. - 342 s.
4. Hacıbəyli, Ceyhun Əbdülhüseyn oğlu. Bir il xəyallarda... və bütöv bir ömür /C. Hacıbəyli ; fransız dilindən tərc. M. Əmrahov ; layihənin rəh. və ideya müəl. Elçin ; red. və ön söz müəl. A. Tahirli ; elmi məsləhətçi N. Cabbarlı; Azərbaycan Respublikası Mədəniyyət və Turizm Nazirliyi. - Bakı: Təhsil, 2017. - 235 s.
5. Qürbətdən gələn səslər: Ceyhun bəy Hacıbəylinin mühacirət həyatı /Azərb. Resp. Mədəniyyət və Turizm Nazirliyi ; toplayan, tərt. ed. və ərəb əlifbasından çevirən A. Kənan ; red. P. Kərimov. - Bakı: Şərq-Qərb, 2016. - 511 s.