"101 Reasons Why Yusif Vazir Chamanzaminli is the Core Author of "Ali and Nino" (pp. 262–333). Also "Frequently Asked Questions about the Authorship of 'Ali and Nino' (pp. 52–137) in "Who Wrote Azerbaijan's Most Famous Novel "Ali and Nino" Azerbaijan International, Vol. 15:2–4.
Blair, Biography: Lives of Two Writers: Yusif Vazir Chamanzaminli and Lev Nussimbaum," in Azerbaijan International, Vol. 15:2–4, p. 38.
Yusif Vazirov's Diaries: 5 October 1907, in Leyla Majidgizi Imamaliyeva, "Yusif Vazir Chamanzaminli: Diaries, Minutes for Myself." Scientific Editor: Dr. Tofig Huseinoghlu (Baku: Azernashr, 2001), pp. 94–110. Available in English: "Dear Diary... Yusif Vazirov and the "Molla Nasraddin" Fiasco," in Azerbaijan International, Vol. 16:1.
See Malik Mammad (Baku: Kaspiy Press 1911). Alternate versions of the name in other short stories in 1911 and 1912 were Ali Gulu Khan Chamanzaminli and A.G. Chamanzaminli. "Gulu" is a traditional name from Arabic which means "servant". Photos of title pages in Arabic script are published in Azerbaijan International, Vol. 15:2–4, p. 301.
