''Heydar Babaya Salam'' ( az, حیدربابایه سلام) is an

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poetical work by Mohammad Hossein Shahriar, a famous

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poet. Published in 1954 in

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, it is about Shahriar's childhood and his memories of his village Khoshgenab near

. ''Heydar Baba'' is the name of a mountain overlooking the village. In ''Heydar Babaya Salam'' Shahriar narrates a nostalgia from his childhood in a village in

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. In describing Heydar Baba, Shahryar uses the Azeri Turkish word regime toward

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. Here, in every part of Azerbaijan, a Heydar Baba rises up and becomes a gigantic wall that supports and protects Azerbaijan against its foes.Hadi Sultan-Qurraie. Modern Azeri Literature. Identity, Gender and Politics in the Poetry of Moj́uz. — Indiana University Ottoman and Modern Turkish Studies Publications, 2003. — P. 221. —

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English and Turkish Translation of Heydar Babaya Salam
(University of Michigan)

*''Salam bih Haydar Baba'' and ''Salam bé Heydar Baba'': in Azerbaijani, with Persian translation by Bahman Fursi (1993) - See
Copac library catalogueŞəhriyar - Heydər Babaya salam-1 (audio)
1954 poems Azerbaijani poetry {{Iran-stub