Molla Panah Vagif

Molla Pənah Vaqif (* 1717 Salahli at Qazax, † 1797 in Shusha ) was Azerbaijani statesman, vizier of the Khanate of Karabakh, writer of love poetry and the founder of realism in Azerbaijani literature. In 1797 he was executed during the invasion Shah Qajars. Built in 1982 Vaqif Mausoleum in Shusha was heavily damaged as a result of the Karabakh war in 1992.

Vaqif is one of the six poets whose statues adorn the facade of the Nizami Museum of Azerbaijan - Gəncəvi - literature in Baku.