Haj Baba Khan-e- Ardabili

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*Haj Baba Khan Ardabili (حاج بابا خان اردبیلی)----His father called mashhadi habib and the mother was from a merchant family,now known as "Mohammadi" and the deceased "haj najafgholi and haj mehdigholi"were his uncles. He was so emotional since his childhood and also famous as being smart among his friends.during his young periods opened a tobacco store in "Rastehbazar" to make a living. He was a kind of cool and affectionate person and behaved so generously.Once, two government officials came to his store and asked him for tax. He refused their request, so they began insulting him. The worst moment of his life was when one used abusive language and indecent words against him. At the time, he was so disturbed and in a second, pulled out the poniard of the one of the officials and striked on him.The government had been so shoched and decided to take him arrested, but he was escaped and left the city in the period of constitution, he was in the queue of constitution a lists. Being tall, smart, brave, quick and agile made him different from his peers. Many years passed since his life and murder, but haj baba khan is always memorised as a great man among his ardabiliancitizens and many other liberals.
Kasravi in his The 18 Year History of Azarbaijan book regrets that his acquaintance with haj baba khan had been so late.
kasravi indicates on the battle of tabrizian and Russians 1330 hegira:anyone who was looking for zeal and courage might come to tabriz. Around the "Arg" on that special day, the Russians besieged the alleys, but the fighters made them withdraw and they were killed through both sides. Meanwhile, haj baba khan came with his own men while began defeating the Russians.Being known for his valour and courage, he was ordered to fight against English army in Gillan. Because of his bravery on tabriz and Gillan events, he was appointed as the government of Abhar in zanjan city in 1339 hegria.to neutralize the revolt of amir afshar and he exactly fulfilled his mission and reported his victory to central government.so, seyyed zia'addin tabatabaei-minister of the time-expressed his appreciation,regarding a letter No.2153 Date 11 ordibehesht(april)1300 hegria.After years of sacrifice and courage and being influentiol on the victory of constitution revolution, haj baba khan arrested and imprisoned in narin castle following the conspiracy of the amir-ol-saltaneh and amir firooz fooladloo. The report of him being arrested made his fans to fly into a rage,following the conspiracy of the amir-ol-saltaneh and amir firooz fooladloo. The report of him being arrested made his fans to fly into a rage, so being armed made their way into narin castle to release the commander of constitution.unable to keep haj baba khan imprisoned, amir-ol-saltaneh delivered him to amir firooz and he brought him to "pireh sehran" and killed him.They shot him on the back and collapsed the ruined wall on his bloody body the body of the hero of constitution buried in "luminary block" of Ardabil. [ (Reference:Ardabil in the crossing of the history by Baba Safari).]

References

* http://www.ashena.com/news/135/ARTICLE/1513/2008-04-10.html