Ahmed Agdamski

Ahmed Agdamski
Born Əhməd Bəşir oğlu Bədəlbəyli
January 5, 1884(1884-01-05)
Shusha, Azerbaijan
Died April 1, 1954(1954-04-01) (aged 70)
Agdash, Azerbaijan

Ahmed Agdamski (Azerbaijani: Əhməd Ağdamski) was the stage name of Ahmed Bashir oglu Badalbeyli (Azerbaijani: Əhməd Bəşir oğlu Bədəlbəyli) (January 5, 1884, Shusha, Elisabethpol Governorate (Russian Empire) – April 1, 1954, Agdash, Azerbaijan SSR) who was an Azerbaijani opera singer, mugam singer and actor.

He was famous for his performance of women roles in various operas in the early history of Azeri Opera, when women's appearance on stage was strictly forbidden by religion and tradition. Agdamski also played the female role of Gulchohra in the 1917 Azeri film The Cloth Peddler

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