Statue of Jafar Jabbarli Jafar Jabbarli, the famous playwright, poet, novelist, theatre specialist, translator, script writer, journalist who played important role in 20th century Azerbaijani literature, culture and art development was born on March 20 in 1899 in Khizi.In 1959, the competition for the preparation of the statue of Jafar Jabbarli was won by Mirali Mirgasimov. The opening took place in 1982. The reason why the statue was prepared so late was careful work of the sculptor and the technical problems. Mirali Mirgasimov notes that, "I cannot make a ridiculous Jafar Jabbarli monument. I might die 10 years earlier or later. But the sculpture belongs to people. It keeps history and culture of a nation alive". The architect of the statue was Yusif Akhundov.