Fatix Ämirxan

Infobox Writer
name = Fatix Ämirxan
فاتح اميرخان
Фатих Әмирхан


caption = Fatix Ämirxan
birthname = nowrap|Ämirxanov Möxämmätfatix Zarif ulı
birthdate = birth date|1886|1|1|mf=y
birthplace = Kazan, Russian Empire
deathdate = death date and age|1926|3|9|1886|1|1|mf=y
deathplace = Kazan, Soviet Union
occupation = publicist, editor

Ämirxanov Möxämmätfatix Zarif ulı ( [IPA|æmirˈxʌnəf mœxæˌmætfæˈtʲix zʌˌrifuˈlɯ] aka Fatix Ämirxan [IPA| fæˈtʲix æmirˈxʌn] [English spelling: fah-TEEKH a-meer-HAHN; also anlicised as "Fatih Amirhan" ] ; Tatar Arabic: فاتح اميرخان; Tatar Cyrillic: Әмирхан(ов) Фатих (Мөхәммәтфатих) Зариф улы; _ru. Амирха́н(ов) Фати́х (Мухамметфати́х) Зари́фович, Amirkhan(ov) Fatikh (Mukhammetfatikh) Zarifovich, _ru. Фати́х Амирха́н, Fatikh Amirkhan; 1886-1926) was a Tatar classic writer, editor and publicist.

Ämirxan was born in 1886 in Kazan, Russian Empire. His father was mullah of Old Stone Mosque Möxämmätzarif Ämirxanov, an author of Qur'anical tafsir and the founder of the "Ämirxaniä" madrassa.

Ämirxan graduated "Möxämmädiä" madrassa in Kazan, that period the most prominent Tatar educational institution. In 1906-1907 he lived in Moscow and Saint Petersburg, where he published Tatar journal for children.

Working in Kazan, Ämirxan was an editor of "Äl-İslax" ("The Renewal"), he was published in newspapers "Qoyaş" ("The Sun"), "Yoldız" ("The star"), "İdel" ("Volga"), journals "Yalt-yolt" ("The Lightning") and "Añ" ("The Consciousness ").

Fatix Ämirxan is an author of the stories "Fätxulla hazrat" ("Fätxulla xäzrät") (1909), "Xäyät" (1911), plays "The Youth" ("Yäşlär") (1913), "The Unequal" ("Tigezsezlär") (1915), novel "Half Way Along" ("Urtalıqta") (1912). in this writings he had reflected the problems of Tatar society in the begging of 20th century, tried to find future's human behavior. In 1926 "Uncle Şäfiğulla" he criticized the dogmatism and fanaticism of the Bolshevism. This satiric novel was published only in 1991. Ämirxan was a follower of realism and upheld national character in literature.Fatix Ämirxan investigated the heritage of Tatar enlighteners, such as Qayum Nasíri, wrote articles on the works of Ğäliäskär Kamal, Ğafur Qoläxmätov. Ämirxan was one of the advocate of Tuqay's works and his close friend.For many years Ämirxan was paralyzed and eventually died of pulmonary tuberculosis in 1926.

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