Seyid Azim Shirvani

Seyid Azim Shirvani
Seyid Əzim Şirvani
Born(1835-07-09)July 9, 1835
Shamakhy, Russian Empire
DiedJune 1, 1888(1888-06-01) (aged 52)
Shamakhy, Baku Governorate, Russian Empire
OccupationPoet
NationalityAzerbaijani

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]

  1. ^ "СЕИ́Д АЗИ́М ШИРВАНИ́".