These doomed lovers inspired an automated moving statue named after them, which now stands by the seashore of Batumi, Georgia.
True Love Never Has an Ending
These
tragic love stories carry the fragrance of emotions which make hearts wail and
eyes fill with tears. And then there is an uncanny relief that follows after
these stories end.
Ali and Nino is a tragic love story of
romance between Ali Khan Shirvanshir, a descendant of a noble Muslim family,
educated in a Russian high school for boys., exposed to western values in
school and through his love to Nino Kipiani a Georgian princess(Christian
tradition) with “the most beautiful eyes in the world” .
She has been brought up in a Christian tradition and belongs more to the European world. It was a time of First World War. Before they can marry, however, World War I erupts. Ali's friends enlist in the Russian army, but Ali bides his time until his homeland is actually threatened.
This story takes a dramatic turn when a
(Christian) Armenian, Melik Nachararyan, whom Ali thought was a friend, kidnaps
Nino. In retaliation, Ali pursues him on horseback, overtakes his
"lacquered box" car and stabs him to death with a dagger.
Contrary to the tradition of honor killing
urged by Ali's friend Mehmed Heydar, Ali spares Nino's life. Ali then flees to
Dagestan to escape the vengeance of Nakhararyan's family. Melik Nachararyan
death sparks a blood feud between his family and Ali’s.
After many months, Nino finds Ali in a
simple hill town in the mountains near Makhachkala. The two marry on the spot
and spend a few months in blissful poverty. As turmoil follows the Russian
Revolution, Ali Khan makes some tough ideological decisions. 
When the Ottoman Army moves closer to his
native Baku, Ali Khan watches the developments closely. The Bolsheviks
recapture Baku, and Ali and Nino flee to Iran (Persia). In Tehran, Ali is
reminded of his Muslim roots, while Nino is fundamentally unhappy in the
confinement of the harem in Iran, and is eager to return home.
Upon establishment of the Azerbaijan
Democratic Republic, Ali and Nino return and become cultural ambassadors of
their new country. Ali is offered a post as ambassador to France – an idea Nino
had arranged – but Ali declines, because he fears he will be unhappy in Paris.
When the Red Army descends on Ganja,
Azerbaijan, Ali takes up arms to defend his country. Nino flees to Georgia with
their child, while Ali Khan dies in battle as the Bolsheviks take the country.
(The Bolshevik victory led to the
establishment of Soviet domination of Azerbaijan from 1920 to 1991 and the end
of the short-lived Azerbaijan Democratic Republic, which lasted from May 1918
to April 1920.)
Despite
the fact that they had a different religion, they overcame all the
difficulties, and they got married. However, they were separated by the
invasion of Soviet Russia in Azerbaijan. When Ali had to choose between his
family or the country, Ali chose to die bravely for his own country.
The End
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