Heydar Babaya Salam

Heydar Babaya Salam (Azerbaijani: حیدربابایه سلام) is an Azerbaijani poetical work by Mohammad Hossein Shahriar, a famous Iranian Azerbaijani poet. Published in 1954 in Tabriz,[1] it is about Shahriar's childhood and his memories of his village Khoshgenab near Tabriz. Heydar Baba is the name of a mountain overlooking the village.

It is considered to be a pinnacle of Azerbaijani literature and gained popularity in the Turkic-speaking world. It was translated into more than 30 languages.[2]

In Heydar Babaya Salam Shahriar narrates a nostalgia from his childhood in a village in Iranian Azerbaijan.

In describing Heydar Baba, Shahryar uses the Azeri word regime toward Iranian Azerbaijanis. Here, in every part of Azerbaijan, a Heydar Baba rises up and becomes a gigantic wall that supports and protects Azerbaijan against its foes.[3]

  1. ^ Brenda Shaffer. Borders and Brethren. Iran and the Challenge of Azerbaijani Identity. — MIT Press, 2002. — P. 58. — ISBN 9780262692779
  2. ^ "Greetings to Heydar Baba". umich.edu. Archived from the original on 5 August 2018. Retrieved 8 September 2010.
  3. ^ 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. — ISBN 9781878318183