Mustafa Bey Alibeyov (1872, Nukha - 1945) — publicist, writer, playwright, lawyer. He was the publisher of Ishiq magazine, a member of "Nijat" charity society, "Help to the needy" society, secretary of "Hidayat" charity society, and a member of Ahrar party. Life and education Mustafa Bey Alibeyov was born in 1872 in the city of Sheki in Azerbaijan. In his first years of education, he learned the Arabic-Persian languages perfectly. He studied at the Russian-Tatar school in Sheki. He graduated from Tiflis gymnasium in 1892. During these years, he studied Russian and French. Career and social activity In 1892, he started working as a translator of the chief investigator in the district court of Baku governorate. He was a member of "Nijat" charitable society. In addition to being famous as a lawyer, he was also known as a literary critic. He worked as a publicist, writer-playwright. He wrote his articles under the pseudonym "Yukharibashlı". This is due to the fact that he lives in the Yukharibash quarter of Sheki. In 1905, he wrote the article "Absheron Oil Island", and in 1914, he wrote the play "Our bloods that shed at the gates of courts" and the libretto "The Executioner's Victim". The six-act play "Our Bloody Tears Shed at the Doors of the Courts" describes the arbitrariness and procrastination that took place in the tsar's courts and divans, the arbitrariness of Armenian officials and their insulting views of the people. He wrote the libretto "The Executioner's Victim" in Russian. The libretto also told about the tragedy of Ms. Gulbahar Akhriyeva, who was the head of H.Z. Taghiyev's Gymnasium for Girls. In 1905, he was the secretary of the "Hidayat" charity society founded under the chairmanship of Haji Zeynalabdin Taghiyev. In order to save Baku oil from the monopoly of foreign capital and use it for the welfare of the people, he took the initiative to create the "Hidayati-Islamiyya" oil company under the society. For this purpose, he drafted the company's charter consisting of 27 points. The "Hidayat" society opposed religious fanaticism. The society appeals to the people that these customs and ceremonies only harm people. The secretary of the society, Mustafa Bey Alibeyov, wrote an article about this in "Irshad" newspaper. This appeal led to anger by the religious fanatics of the city. Some even demanded the beheading of some members of the community – Gazi Mir Muhammad Karim and Mustafa