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Aşiq Ələsgər
Ashig Alasgar (; 1821 – 7 March 1926) was an Azerbaijani mystic troubadour (Ashik) and highly regarded poet of Azerbaijani folk songs. He was born in the village of Azat, then known as Aghkilsa, in what was then the Goycha District of the Erivan Khanate. Early life Ashig Alasgar was born in 1821 in the village of Azat in the Sevan region. His father Almammad worked as a carpenter. At the same time, he was also known for his intelligence in literature. Almammad was fairly good at poetry genres such as Gerayly, Qoshma and Bayati. It was presumed that Almammad had a huge impact on Ashiq Alasgar. Ashiq Alasgar grew up in a big and poor family with three brothers and two sisters. He was the eldest son of the family. Due to the financial difficulties in his family, Alasgar was obliged to work on the farm of a rich landowner, Karbalayi Gurban when he was 14. While working here, Alasgar fell in love with a 12 years old daughter of Karbalayi Gurban. But due to his social backgroun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Azat, Armenia
Azat () is a village in the Vardenis Municipality of the Gegharkunik Province of Armenia. The village was populated by Azerbaijanis before the exodus of Azerbaijanis from Armenia after the outbreak of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. In 1988-1989 Armenian refugees from Azerbaijan settled in the village. History Located in the village is a heavily ruined Armenian 11th century church and a pair of medieval khachkars. The village was the birthplace of Azerbaijani ashik Ashig Alasgar (1821–1926). Demographics In 1911, Azat, then known as ''Agkilisa'' (), had a predominantly Tatar (later known as Azerbaijani) population of 180 within the Nor Bayazet uezd of the Erivan Governorate of the Russian Empire The Russian Empire was an empire that spanned most of northern Eurasia from its establishment in November 1721 until the proclamation of the Russian Republic in September 1917. At its height in the late 19th century, it covered about , roughl .... References Exter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Garabagh
Karabakh ( ; ) is a geographic region in southwestern Azerbaijan and eastern Armenia, extending from the highlands of the Lesser Caucasus down to the lowlands between the rivers Kura and Aras. It is divided into three regions: Highland Karabakh, Lowland Karabakh (the steppes between the Kura and Aras rivers), and the eastern slopes of the Zangezur Mountains (roughly Syunik and Kalbajar–Lachin). Hewsen, Robert H. "The Meliks of Eastern Armenia: A Preliminary Study," ''Revue des Études Arméniennes'' 9 (1972), p. 289, note 17. Etymology The name , transliterated from the Russian version of the word , derives from the Azerbaijani , which is generally believed to be a compound of the Turkic word ''kara'' (black) and the Iranian word ''bagh'' (garden), literally meaning "black garden." The Iranian Azerbaijanis, Iranian-Azerbaijani historian Ahmad Kasravi also speaks of the translation of ''kara'' as "large" and not "black." The ''kara'' prefix has also been used for other ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
