Salman Mumtaz ( pseudonymous of Salman Mammedamin oghlu Asgarov ; May 20 , 1884 – September 6 , 1941 ) was a renowned Azerbaijani literary scholar and poet . He was born in Shaki in 1884 . In his efforts to collect , publish and promote the classical literary legacy , he discovered unknown manuscripts of a number of Azerbaijani poets and ashugs . Falling a victim to repressions , he was arrested in 1937 and killed by shooting in 1941 in prison in Oryol
repressions
Great Purge
Salman Mumtaz