(1973-09-02)September 2, 1973 (aged 168 years, 160 days)
Barzavu, Lerik District, Azerbaijan SSR, Soviet Union
Occupation
Shepherd
Known for
Claimed longevity
Children
23
Shirali Farzali oghlu Muslumov, also spelled as Muslimov (Talysh: Şirəli Fərzəli zoə Müslümov; Azerbaijani: Şirəli Fərzəli oğlu Müslümov, pronounced [ʃiɾæˈlimusˈlumov]; Russian: Ширали Фарзали оглы Муслимов; allegedly March 26, 1805? – September 2, 1973) was an Azerbaijani[1] shepherd of Talysh ethnicity from the village of Barzavu in the Lerik District of Azerbaijan, a mountainous area near the Iranian border. He claimed to be the oldest person who ever lived when he died on September 2, 1973, at the alleged age of 168. In 1966, the studio Azerbaijanfilm shot a documentary film about him, Shirali descended from the mountain.
^Советский комитет солидарности стран Азии и Африки, Институт востоковедения (Академия наук СССР), Институт Африки (Академия наук СССР). Asia and Africa today. — Asia and Africa Today, 1990. : Shirali Mislimov, an Azerbaijani peasant, who was the oldest among the Soviet Supercentenarians, died in 1973 at the age of 212. His surviving widow at that time was 120..
tourist attractions in the Lerik region of Azerbaijan. Supercentenarian ShiraliMuslimov "Azerbaijan International". Azerbaijan International. January 3, 1994...
Academy of Sciences, Africa Institute of the USSR Academy of Sciences. 1990. Shirali Mislimov, an Azerbaijani peasant, who was the oldest among the Soviet centenarians...
American mathematician, astronomer (d. 1853) March 26 (alleged) – ShiraliMuslimov, Azerbaijani supercentenarian (d. 1973) April 2 – Hans Christian Andersen...
Baku, and has a population of 637. It is known as the hometown of ShiraliMuslimov (a.k.a. Mislimov), an ethnic Talysh shepherd who was believed by some...
literary researcher Enver Mamedov (1923–2023), mass media manager ShiraliMuslimov (1805–1973), supercentarian Hasan bey Zardabi (1837–1907), publicist...
held four days later at the chapel of St Anthony of Padua, Oxford. ShiraliMuslimov, Soviet Azerbaijani shepherd who claimed to be 168 years old of having...
citizens. It is known for myths of human longevity; a man named Shirali Baba Muslimov, born in the village of Barzavu, who was reported by the Guinness...
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