Tarana Shamistan Pashayeva

Abstract. The article provides a comprehensive analysis of the life path, pedagogical views, and methodological system of Safaraly bay Valibayov, a prominent educator who played a significant role in the development of Azerbaijani pedagogical thought at the turn of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

Keywords: Azerbaijani enlightenment, history of pedagogical thought, mother-tongue instruction, humanistic pedagogy, textbook development; national education