fronts of Kars, Ardahan and Batum. He rose to the rank of colonel in the Ottoman army. In the Azerbaijani Democratic Republic In 1918, he came to Azerbaijan with the Caucasian Islamic Army for the liberation of Baku. He participated in Goychay battles. He led the auxiliary regiment of volunteers of the Caucasian Islamic Army. On June 10, 1919, at the meeting of the State Defence Committee of the Azerbaijani Democratic Republic, it was decided to organize military training for those who have reached the age of military conscription living in the territory of the city of Baku and its districts. Yusif Ziya bey Talibzadeh was appointed as the chairman of the commission for the organization of volunteer groups, and they gave him a monthly salary of five thousand rubles. This organization, which operates as a group of volunteer soldiers, has fulfilled the duties of maintaining order and peace in the country, and preventing illegal actions. This regiment named "Voluntary Auxiliary Regiment" was placed under the control of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Azerbaijani Democratic Republic on March 27, 1920, by the decision of the State Defense Committee of the Azerbaijani Democratic Republic. During the republic, he published articles on politics, education and culture in many newspapers and magazines, mainly in "Azerbaijan" newspaper as an activist of the "Musavat" party. South Azerbaijan In 1919, he went to Tabriz as the head of the delegation of the Ottoman state. Here, he was a representative of the Ottoman state in the "Ittihadi-Islam" society founded by Javad Heyat's father, Mirza Ali Heyat to prevent the massacres committed by Armenians and Assyrians against the local Azerbaijani Turks and to protect the cities. In the Azerbaijan SSR After the April invasion, he was arrested while trying to cross the Iranian border with Azerbaijan. After his arrest, he met with Nariman Narimanov and was released from prison. From February 1921, he started working as a member of the Nakhchivan Revolutionary Committee. He was appointed as a military commissar in the rank of general. During his activity, he fought against the Dashnak gangs that committed massacres and looting in the region. In October 1921, the Council of People's Commissars of Nakhchivan included food, land, finance, health, education, internal affairs, military affairs, people's commissariats of labor and rural inspection, foreign affairs, communications, labor, internal trade, social security, justice, foreign trade, emergency commission, national economy council and