# Bulbuljan > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Bulbuljan > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Bulbuljan.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulbuljan > Source revision: 1329440329 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Infobox musical artist | name = Bulbuljan | native_name_lang = Bülbülcan | image = Bulbuljan.jpg | caption = | image_size = | birth_name = Abdulbagi Ali oglu Zulalov | alias = | birth_date = 1841 | birth_place = [Shusha](/source/Shusha), [Russian Empire](/source/Russian_Empire) | death_date = 1927 | death_place = [Baku](/source/Baku), [Russian Empire](/source/Russian_Empire) | instrument = [Voice](/source/Singing) | genre = [Mugham](/source/Mugham), [Azerbaijani folk music](/source/Azerbaijani_folk_music) | occupation = [singer](/source/singing), song-writer | years_active = 1875–1927 | label = | associated_acts = | website = }} '''Bulbuljan''' ({{langx|az|Bülbülcan}}), born as '''Abdulbagi Ali oglu Zulalov''' (1841–1927), was an [Azerbaijan](/source/Azerbaijan)i singer of [folk music](/source/folk_music) and [mugam](/source/mugam) (an original improvisational genre of classical folk music in [Azerbaijan](/source/Azerbaijan)). He was also famous for his performance of Azeri mugams in other regional languages, such as [Georgian](/source/Georgian_language), [Lezgian](/source/Lezgian_language), [Kumyk](/source/Kumyk_language), [Persian](/source/Persian_language), and [Russian](/source/Russian_language). ==Life and career== Abdulbagi Zulalov, later known as Bulbuljan, was born in 1841 in [Shusha](/source/Shusha) (then part of the [Russian Empire](/source/Russian_Empire), nowadays in [Azerbaijan](/source/Azerbaijan)). In his younger years he travelled a lot throughout the [Caucasus](/source/Caucasus) and [Iran](/source/Iran). During one of his visits in Iran [Mozzafar al-Din Shah Qajar](/source/Mozzafar_al-Din_Shah_Qajar) (the ruler of Iran) liked his performance so much that he awarded Zulalov the Shir-o Khorshid order, the highest Iranian order at the time.{{in lang|ru}} [http://vyshka.azeurotel.com/arxiv/2002/13/6.htm His Performance Was Noted by Stalin Himself...] by Nilufar Hasanqizi. ''Vyshka''. 13 March 2002, #13. Retrieved 12 March 2007 In 1875 Zulalov moved to [Tbilisi](/source/Tbilisi), the regional cultural capital at the time, where he would live until 1905. He gave concerts together with his fellow-countryman, a great tar player [Sadigjan](/source/Sadigjan). Due to his wonderful voice, attractive appearance and high artistic performance, he quickly became famous throughout the [Caucasus](/source/Caucasus). Having learned Georgian language and began to perform Azeri mugams in Georgian would bring the Georgian listeners into rapture. This was the time when he began to be called Bulbuljan, which literally means "[our] dear nightingale" in the Azeri language. In 1888, Bulbuljan took part in a meeting in honor of [Alexander III's](/source/Alexander_III_of_Russia) visit to the [Caucasus](/source/Caucasus). Delighted by Bulbuljan's singing, Alexander III allowed him to cross the current [Rustaveli Avenue](/source/Rustaveli_Avenue) on horseback. And in 1904, Prince Mikhail Romanov, the brother of [Nicholas I](/source/Nicholas_I_of_Russia), attended a feast in the Garden of Eden in [Tiflis](/source/Tiflis), where Bulbuljan sang and was awarded a gift from the prince.(in Russian) Famous personalities [https://files.preslib.az/projects/shusha/ru/c1.pdf PDF] at ПРЕЗИДЕНТСКАЯ БИБЛИОТЕКА. p.15 After returning to Shusha in 1905, he dedicated himself to raising his orphaned nephews. In the early 1920s he moved to [Baku](/source/Baku) to teach at the newly opened post-secondary musical institutions, and remained there until his death. Bulbuljan significantly influenced many prominent Azerbaijani mugam and folk singers. Masters of mugham such as [Jabbar Garyaghdyoglu](/source/Jabbar_Garyaghdyoglu), [Musa Shushinski](/source/Musa_Shushinski), [Mashadi Mammad Farzaliyev](/source/Mashadi_Mammad_Farzaliyev), [Shakili Alasgar](/source/Shakili_Alasgar), [Seyid Shushinski](/source/Seyid_Shushinski) and many others considered him their artistic master. Today the Zulalov family is known in Azerbaijan as a family of musical talents. Bulbuljan's daughter, granddaughter and nephews continued his traditions of mugam arts.{{in lang|ru}} [http://www.axtar.az/ru/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=298&Itemid=183 Abdulbagi Zulalov] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927203227/http://www.axtar.az/ru/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=298&Itemid=183 |date=September 27, 2007 }}. ''Axtar.az'' ==References== {{reflist}} {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Bulbuljan}} Category:1841 births Category:1927 deaths Category:Male singers from the Russian Empire Category:19th-century Azerbaijani male singers Category:Musicians from Shusha Category:Mugham singers Category:Persian-language Azerbaijani singers Category:Russian-language Azerbaijani singers {{Azerbaijan-bio-stub}} --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Bulbuljan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulbuljan) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulbuljan?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.