Heyran Khanim was an

Azerbaijan Azerbaijan (, ; az, Azərbaycan ), officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, , also sometimes officially called the Azerbaijan Republic is a transcontinental country located at the boundary of Eastern Europe and Western Asia. It is a part of t ...

i poet who lived in the first half of the 19th century.

Biography

Khanim was born in Nakhchivan into an aristocratic family. Her birth and death dates are unknown. Heyran Khanim moved to

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in the beginning of the 19th century and lived in

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until the end of her life. She knew

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and

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languages and learned classical literature of the East. Khanim wrote lyrical poems of various forms, including ghazals, mukhammasses, ruba'is, and gasidas in Azerbaijani and Persian languages. Ardent, kind and selfless love is the main theme of her poetry. In some of her poems, she blames life, protests against evil and social unfairness, violation of rights and oppressed situation of women.

References

Literature

* Aziza Jafarzade. Azərbaycanın aşıq və şair qadınları. Baku: Ganjlik, 1991, page.35. Azerbaijani-language women poets Azerbaijani-language poets 1790 births 1848 deaths People from Nakhchivan Azerbaijani emigrants to Iran Persian-language women poets Persian-language poets 19th-century Azerbaijani women writers 19th-century Azerbaijani writers {{Azerbaijan-poet-stub