What is Shamakhi District?
{{coord|40|38|N|48|40|E|region:AZ_type:adm1st|display=title}} [[Image:Shamakhi District in Azerbaijan 2021.svg|300 px|thumb|Map of Azerbaijan showing Samakhi raion]] '''Shamakhi''' or '''Shamakhy''' is a [[raion]] of [[Azerbaijan]]. It is the historical center of the region of [[Shirvan]]. ==Famous people== * [[Falaki Shirvani]],poet, (1107 [[Shamakhi]] - 1157 Shamakhi) * [[Khagani|Khagani Shirvani]], poet, (1121/1122 Shamakhi) - 1190 [[Tabriz]] * [[Imadaddin Nasimi]], poet, (1369 Shamakhi) –1417 skinned alive in [[Aleppo]]) * [[Seyid Azim Shirvani]], poet, (10 July 1835 - [[1 Iyun]] 1888) * [[Muhammed hadi]], poet, (1879 Shamakhi - 1920 [[Ganja, Azerbaijan|Ganja]]) * [[Abbas Sahhat]], poet, (1874, Shamakhi – 11 July 1918, [[Ganja, Azerbaijan|Ganja]]) * [[Ziver bey Ahmedbeyov]], architect, (1873 Shamakhi - 1925 [[Bakı]]) * [[Zeynalabdin Shirvani]], geographer, historian, ethnographer, philosopher and poet,(16 August 1780, Shamakhy — 1838, near [[Jeddah]]), * [[Sultan Mejid Qanizade]], enlighter, teacher, writer * [[Mirza Alakbar Sabir]], poet, (30 May 1862, Shamakhy – 12 July 1911, [[Shamakhy]]). {{Administrative divisions of Azerbaijan}} {{asia-stub}} [[Category:Districts of Azerbaijan]]