On 29 May 2025, an international scientific seminar and exhibition entitled ‘Sadyk Bej (1865-1944): In the Service of Two Nations’ was held at the headquarters of the Archive of Science of the Polish Academy of Sciences (PAN) and the Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences (PAU) in Cracow. In the Service of Two Nations”. This event was organised under the honorary patronage of the Embassy of the Republic of Azerbaijan in Poland and was initiated and co-organised by the Centre for Azerbaijani Studies at the Faculty of Oriental Studies at Warsaw University, in cooperation with the Institute of Oriental Studies at Jagiellonian University and the Cracow branch of the Polish Academy of Sciences.

The President of the Astana-based International Turkic Academy spoke at the inauguration and accepted the invitation as guest of honour. In his opening speech, he emphasised the importance of Professor Agabeyzade for Oriental studies. He also presented the latest edition of one of Agabeyzade’s works, which has been reissued as part of the Academy’s activities.

Sadyk Bey Agabeyzade was an Azerbaijani orientalist, activist, and former politician of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic who was forced into exile after the Bolshevik coup. He made a significant contribution to the development of Polish Oriental Studies by educating successive generations of Polish Orientalists. His works include the Handbook of the Turkic Language with a Collection of Turkic Proverbs (1904), the Grammar of the Arabic Language (1934), and unpublished textbooks on Turkish and Persian. This exhibition showcases his teaching legacy and his extensive correspondence with renowned Polish orientalists such as Władysław Kotwicz, Marian Lewicki, Ananiasz, Włodzimierz Zajączkowski and Haji Seraya Shapshal, as well as representatives of the Azerbaijani diaspora.