Education
1900 graduate Kazan' medressah. Subsequently furthered his own educational and mastered several languages.
1900 graduate Kazan' medressah. Subsequently furthered his own educational and mastered several languages.
1900 wrote first play. 1901 published illegal newspaper “Terakkyy” and founded Tat lit publishing house “Megarif”. 1906 worked for newspaper “Azad”;aftcrsuppressionof this newspaper founded newspaper “Azad khaiyk”.
Printed articles of Tat revol Kh. Yamashev, G. Kulakhmetov, et cetera Disseminated rcvol ideas, fought against nationalists.
In September 1906 he was arrested and the newspaper suppressed. 1907-1917 worked for newspaper “Yulduz”. 1908-1909 together with G. Tukay edited satirical journal “Yashen”.
1910-1917 ed, journal “Yalt-UIt”. After 1917 October Revol contributed to Bolshevik newspapers “Esh” ans “Kyzyl bayrak”. Worked for Red Army theaterclubs.
Helped found “Sayyar” theater group. Opposed Pan-Turkism and demanded purification of Tat language from Turkish and Arabic words. Helped establish Tat lit language.
Translated into Tat Gogol's Revizor (The Government Inspector), Ostrovskiy’s Groza (Thunderstorm), Gorky's Na due (Lower Depths), et cetera Reviewed the work of Tat writers G. Tukay, G. Kulakhmetdinov, M. Gafuri, et cetera The Kazan’ Academy Theater was named for him.