Seyid Azim Shirvani Seyid Əzim Şirvani | |
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| Born | July 9, 1835 Shamakhy, Russian Empire |
| Died | June 1, 1888 (aged 52) Shamakhy, Baku Governorate, Russian Empire |
| Occupation | Poet |
| Nationality | Azerbaijani |
Seyid Azim Shirvani (Azerbaijani: Seyid Əzim Şirvani; 9 July 1835, Shamakhy – 1 June 1888, Shamakhy) was an Azerbaijani poet and enlightener. He got his first religious education in Iraq. After returning to motherland he refused his spiritual dignity and opened a private school. Seyid Azim Shirvani continued Fuzûlî’s traditions in his love-lyrical poems. In his satirical poems and fables Seyid Azim Shirvani ridiculed priesthood, opposed backwardness and ignorance, called to enlightenment and culture. Contemporary poets consider him their teacher.[1]