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Fuzuli's Divan In Azerbaijani Language
Fuzuli's ''divan'' in Azerbaijani is his longest work in this language and consists of 302 ''ghazals'', several panegyrics, and '' rubaʿis''. It is one of the two '' divans'' written by Fuzuli, with the other one being in Persian. The oldest known manuscript of the ''divan'' is kept at the Institute of Manuscripts of Azerbaijan, in Baku, written no later than the end of the 16th century. It was handed over to the institution by Salman Mumtaz and consists of 65 sheets, each of which contains 20 lines. The ''divan's'' manuscript is decorated with two miniatures, and its last page bears the stamp of its owner with the date: 1038 AH (1628). The ''divan'' has been published several times. In 1924, it was published by the Turkish philologist and publicist Mehmet Fuat Köprülü under the title "Musahhabi külliyati divani Fizuli". In 1948, it was published in Istanbul by the Turkish literary historian Abdülbaki Gölpınarlı (second edition - 1961). The ''divan'' was also compiled ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Museum Of History Of Azerbaijan
The National Museum of History of Azerbaijan ( az, Milli Azərbaycan Tarixi Muzeyi) is the largest museum in Azerbaijan. It is located in Baku, in the former residential house of Azerbaijani oil magnate and philanthropist Haji Zeynalabdin Taghiyev. Following the Russian takeover of Baku, the museum was founded in 1920 and opened to visitors in 1921. History The museum's building was constructed between 1893 and 1902. It was designed by Polish architect Józef Gosławski, in imitation of the Italian Renaissance style. It is large in size, stretching over an entire block and reaching four floors in some parts. When the Red Army entered Baku in April 1920, Taghiyev's residence was immediately confiscated. Under a resolution of the USSR People's Commissariat, the residence was established as a museum in June 1920, just two months after the Bolsheviks took Baku. In May 1934, a special order was adopted to improve the teaching of history and geography in schools, or, more pre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salman Mumtaz
Salman Mumtaz (pseudonymous of Salman Mammedamin oghlu Asgarov; May 20, 1884 – September 6, 1941) was a renowned Azerbaijani literary scholar and poet. He was born in Shaki in 1884. In his efforts to collect, publish and promote the classical literary legacy, he discovered unknown manuscripts of a number of Azerbaijani poets and ashugs. Falling a victim to repressions, he was arrested in 1937 and killed by shooting in 1941 while imprisoned in Oryol. Salman Mumtaz was labeled as a pan-Turkist because he wrote about Azerbaijani literature as being a part of Turkic literature. His collection of rare ancient manuscripts that had been gathered from all over 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 th ... was confiscated. Most of these manuscripts was born after his arr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leyli And Majnun (Fuzuli)
''Leyli and Majnun'' ( az, Leyli və Məcnun, ) is an epic poem written in Azerbaijani by the 16th-century poet Fuzuli. The poem, written in the form of a ''mathnawi'' (rhyming couplets), tells the story of a young man named Qays who falls in love with a girl named Leyli and earns the nickname "Majnun" () because of his love for her. The poem, considered the pinnacle of Fuzuli's creation, consists of 3096 bayts and was dedicated to Üveys Pasha, the Ottoman ruler of Baghdad. In 1908, Uzeyir Hajibeyov composed the first opera in the Islamic world based on this work of Fuzuli. Analysis of the poem Fuzuli created this poem, closely related to the Azerbaijani oral-poetic creation, continuing and updating the traditions of his predecessors. The poem is based on an ancient Arab legend. Fuzuli inserted lyric poems into the poem (22 ghazals, 2 murabbas, and 2 munajats), which harmoniously fit into the narrative, and, at the same time, remain independent. The heroes of the poem, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hashish And Wine
"Hashish and Wine", also known as "Opium and Wine", "Bangu Bada" ("Bengu Bada" or "Bang va bada" az, Bəngü-Badə) or "Bang u Bada Munazarasi" ("The dispute of Hashish with the Wine") - is an allegorical-satirical poem, written by Fuzuli in the Azerbaijani language. The poem is dedicated to Shah Ismail I. History of creation After the ruler of the Safavid state, Shah Ismail, took Baghdad and made a pilgrimage to Karbala and Najaf (the alleged birthplaces of Fuzuli) in 1508, the young poet Fuzuli recognized the power of Ismail in his first poem in Azeri Turkic "Hashish and Wine". Some researchers (such as the Italian Turkologist and Iranianist Alessio Bombachi) suggest that Fuzuli dedicated this creation to Shah Ismail, whom the poet praises in the preface to his poem. Some researchers believed that 1508 was the year of writing the poem. Nevertheless, the fact mentioned in the poem's dedication that, by the order of Shah Ismail, the Muhammad Shaybani, who was defeated in De ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nizami Museum Of Azerbaijani Literature
The National museum of Azerbaijan literature named after Nizami Ganjavi ( az, Nizami Gəncəvi adına Milli Azərbaycan ədəbiyyatı muzeyi) is a museum in Baku, established in 1939. It is located near the entrance of Icheri Sheher, not far from the Fountains Square. The museum is considered one of the greatest and richest treasuries of Azerbaijani culture. Main goals The main goal of the museum is the collection, research and storage of scientific and other materials about Azerbaijani literature and culture and the presentation of these materials in expositions and exhibitions. The museum also carries out scientific research and publishes books and monographs. History of the museum The building where the museum is located was built in 1850 as a one-storeyed caravanserais. In 1915, the building was given to the “Metropol” hotel, and the second storey was rebuilt. Then, in 1918-1920s, workers of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic lived and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abdülbaki Gölpınarlı
Abdülbaki Gölpınarlı (1900—1982) was a Turkish literary historian of Azerbaijani descent, known for his works on Sufism, Divan literature and Iranian literature. He was a translator and educator, "an outstanding interpreter of Sufism, especially the Mawlaviyya and Bektashiyya schools", as well as "one of the greatest scholars of Turkish Sufism". Early life and education Gölpınarlı was born Mustafa İzzet Bâkî in Istanbul on 12 January 1900, and he died in Istanbul 25 August 1982. His father, journalist Ahmed Agah Efendi, was a follower of the Mevlevi Order who worked as an Ottoman civil servant in Rusjuk, Bulgaria, then moved to Istanbul during the Russo-Turkish War of 1877–78. His mother was Aliye Şöhret Hanım. His family was from Gence, Azerbaijan. After his father's death he worked in bookshop in İstanbul Vezneciler and as a teacher and administrator in Menbâ-i İrfân İptidiari School in Alaca district of Çorum. In 1922 he returned to Istanbul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Istanbul
Istanbul ( , ; tr, İstanbul ), formerly known as Constantinople ( grc-gre, Κωνσταντινούπολις; la, Constantinopolis), is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, largest city in Turkey, serving as the country's economic, cultural and historic hub. The city straddles the Bosporus strait, lying in both Europe and Asia, and has a population of over 15 million residents, comprising 19% of the population of Turkey. Istanbul is the list of European cities by population within city limits, most populous European city, and the world's List of largest cities, 15th-largest city. The city was founded as Byzantium ( grc-gre, Βυζάντιον, ) in the 7th century BCE by Ancient Greece, Greek settlers from Megara. In 330 CE, the Roman emperor Constantine the Great made it his imperial capital, renaming it first as New Rome ( grc-gre, Νέα Ῥώμη, ; la, Nova Roma) and then as Constantinople () after himself. The city grew in size and influence, eventually becom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mehmet Fuat Köprülü
Mehmet Fuat Köprülü (December 5, 1890 – June 28, 1966), also known as Köprülüzade Mehmed Fuad, was a highly influential Turkish sociologist, turkologist, scholar, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Turkey. A descendant of the illustrious noble Albanian Köprülü family, whose influence in shaping Ottoman history between 1656 and 1711 surpassed even that of the House of Osman, Fuat Köprülü was a key figure in the intersection of scholarship and politics in early 20th century Turkey. Early life Fuat Köprülü was born in the city of Istanbul in 1890 as Köprülüzade Mehmed Fuad. His paternal grandfather, Ahmet Ziya Bey, was the former ambassador to Bucharest, and Ahmet Ziya Bey was son of the former head of the Imperial Chancery of State (Divan-i Humayun Beylikcisi), Köprülüzade Arif Bey. Köprülüzade Arif Bey descended from the Köprülüs of the 17th century, an exceptional dynasty of Grand Viziers whose reforms ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Encyclopædia Iranica
''Encyclopædia Iranica'' is a project whose goal is to create a comprehensive and authoritative English language encyclopedia about the history, culture, and civilization of Iranian peoples from prehistory to modern times. Scope The ''Encyclopædia Iranica'' is dedicated to the study of Iranian civilization in the wider Middle East, the Caucasus, Southeastern Europe, Central Asia, and the Indian subcontinent. The academic reference work will eventually cover all aspects of Iranian history and culture as well as all Iranian languages and literatures, facilitating the whole range of Iranian studies research from archeology to political sciences. It is a project founded by Ehsan Yarshater in 1973 and currently carried out at Columbia University's Center for Iranian Studies. It is considered the standard encyclopedia of the academic discipline of Iranistics. The scope of the encyclopedia goes beyond modern Iran (also known as "Persia") and encompasses the entire Iranian cul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sara Ashurbeyli
Sara Ashurbeyli, sometimes known as Sara Ashurbayli ( az, Sara Balabəy qızı Aşurbəyli), (27 January 1906 – 17 July 2001 in Baku) was an eminent Azerbaijani historian, orientalist and scholar. She was an expert in the early and medieval history of Baku and published many papers and books. Biography The daughter of a rich oil magnate, Sara Ashurbeyli had a perfect education and finished Jeanne D’Arc College in Constantinople in 1925 and entered Baku State University in 1930 this time in Soviet Azerbaijan. She graduated as an orientalist, she also studied European languages in Azerbaijan Pedagogical Institute, thus besides her native Azerbaijani language she knew Arabic, Persian, Turkish, French, German, Russian, and English. She was also an artist and became a member of the Union of Azerbaijan's Artists in 1946. During her lifetime she also taught in various institutions and was a dean for a while. She got her Ph.D. in 1966. A Doctor of History Sciences she was an A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fuzuli (poet)
Muhammad bin Suleyman ( az, Məhəmməd Süleyman oğlu, ; 1483–1556), better known by his pen name Fuzuli (, ), was a 16th-century poet who composed works in his native Azerbaijani language, Azerbaijani, as well as Persian language, Persian and Arabic language, Arabic. He is regarded as one of the greatest poets of Turkic languages, Turkic literature and a prominent figure in both Azerbaijani literature, Azerbaijani and Ottoman literature. Fuzuli's work was widely known and admired throughout the Persianate Turkic cultural domain from the 16th to the 19th century, with his fame reaching as far as Central Asia and Indian subcontinent, India. Born in 1483 in modern-day Iraq, Fuzuli studied literature, mathematics, astronomy and languages as a child. During his lifetime, his homeland changed hands between the Aq Qoyunlu, Safavid Iran, Safavid, and Ottoman Empire, Ottoman empires. He composed poetry for officials in all three empires, writing his first known poem to Alvand Beg, Sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hamid Arasly
Hamid Mammadtaghi oglu Arasly ( az, Həmid Hacı Məmmədtağı oğlu Araslı; 23 February 1902–20 November 1983) was an Azerbaijani literary critic, Doctor of Sciences in Philology, and an academic at the Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences. He is acknowledged as one of the most prominent literary critics and philologists of Azerbaijan. Hamid Arasly has conducted extensive critical research of the works of well-known Azerbaijani and Persian poets as Nizami Ganjavi, Fuzûlî, as well as Imamaddin Nasimi. He has authored multiple works on Azerbaijani literary history. One of his most important contributions to his field is the release of the first full-text Russian edition of the Book of Dede Korkut in 1939. His period of activity corresponds with heightened repression in the Soviet Union. In 1936, using the eastern manuscripts he had been collecting for a few years, Hamid Arasly created the Manuscripts Bureau within the Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences. However, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
