,
Old City Progenitors of the line arrived in Baku after 1592. According to
Abbasgulu Bakikhanov, the ancestors of the family migrated to Baku from Gilan, after a certain "Khan Ahmad affair", He claims ancestors of Baku khans were hailing from
Nur and
Kujur rulers ruling in
Tabaristan, i.e.
Paduspanids. First known members of the dynasty were Mammadhusein beg and his son Heybet beg. Heybet beg's elder son Dargahqulu beg was a landlord in
Mashtaga who seized the city and killed
sultan who was appointed by
Safavids, then began to call himself khan, appointing
Selim khan as
naib of Absheron. He defeated forces of Surkhay khan of
Qaziqumuq and later Haji Davud of Shirvan and extended his rule to
Shabran and
Gobustan. However he lost younger brother Huseinjan beg in battle. Dargahqulu surrendered castle to
Mikhail Matyushkin with 700 soldiers in 1723 and was acknowledged by
Russian Empire as local ruler. The family adopted the name of Badkubeh after relocating to the city of
Arak in
Iran, whereas a different segment of the family that stayed and worked with the Russians adopted the name Bakikhanov.
Famous members •
Abbasgulu Bakikhanov (1794–1847) – Colonel in Russian army, writer and scholar •
Jafargulu Bakikhanov (1793–1867) – Lieutenant general in Russian army •
Hasan Bakikhanov (8 May 1833 – 28 November 1898) – Major general in Russian army •
Abdulla agha Bakikhanov (1824–1879) – Major general in Russian army •
Ahmad Bakikhanov (1892–1973) –
People's Artist of Azerbaijan (1973) •
Tofig Bakikhanov (b. 1930) –
Composer and
People's Artist of Azerbaijan (1991) , Azerbaijani composer == References ==