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Ibrahim Bey Azer
Ibrahim-bek Azer (''Azerbaijani'': İbrahim bəy Azər; 1836-1885) was an Azerbaijani poet. He wrote under the pseudonym ''Azər''. Life Ibrahim bey Alibek oglu Azər (Fuladov) was born in 1836 in Shusha. He was the elder brother of Abdullah bey Asi, and the grandson of the poet Gasim bey Zakir. He grew up under the protection of Gasim bey Zakir. Gasim bey Zakir is a descendant of Karabakh khans. He received his primary education from a local mullah, then continued his studies at a madrasah. He was fluent in Persian and Russian. He began his service career in a Madrasa, then rose to the rank of an office worker of the II category, worked as a police officer, and received the rank of provincial secretary. He wrote poems under the pseudonym ''Azər''. He was a member of the “Mejlisi-faramushan” (“Society of the Forgotten”) circle organized by Mir Mohsun Navvab. Ibrahim bey Azer wrote poetry in the classical style in Azerbaijani and Persian. Most of his work has not survi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shusha
Shusha (, ) or Shushi () is a city in Azerbaijan, in the region of Nagorno-Karabakh. Situated at an altitude of 1,400–1,800 metres (4,600–5,900 ft) in the Karabakh mountains, the city was a mountain resort in the Soviet Union, Soviet era. Most sources date Shusha's establishment to the 1750s by Panah Ali Khan, founder of the Karabakh Khanate, coinciding with the foundation of Shusha fortress, the fortress of Shusha. Some attribute this to an alliance between Panah Ali Khan and Melik Shahnazar II, Melik Shahnazar, the local Armenian prince () of Melikdom of Varanda, Varanda. In these accounts, the name of the town originated from a nearby Armenian village called Shosh, Nagorno-Karabakh, Shosh or Shushikent (see for alternative explanations). Conversely, some sources describe Shusha as an important center within the self-governing Armenian melikdoms of Karabakh in the 1720s, and others say the plateau was already the site of an Armenian fortification.Krunk Hayots Ashkha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ghazal
''Ghazal'' is a form of amatory poem or ode, originating in Arabic poetry that often deals with topics of spiritual and romantic love. It may be understood as a poetic expression of both the pain of loss, or separation from the beloved, and the beauty of love in spite of that pain. The ghazal form is ancient, tracing its origins to 7th-century Arabic poetry. It spread into the Indian subcontinent in the 12th century due to the influence of Sufi mystics and the courts of the new Ghurid Sultanate, Islamic Sultanate, and is now most prominently a form of poetry of many languages of South Asia and Languages of Turkey, Turkey. A poem of ghazal commonly consists of five to fifteen couplets, which are independent, but are linked – abstractly, in their theme; and more strictly in their poetic form. The structural requirements of ghazal are similar in stringency to those of the Petrarchan sonnet. In style and content, due to its highly allusive nature, ghazal has proved capable of a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poets From The Russian Empire
A poet is a person who studies and creates poetry. Poets may describe themselves as such or be described as such by others. A poet may simply be the creator ( thinker, songwriter, writer, or author) who creates (composes) poems (oral or written), or they may also perform their art to an audience. The work of a poet is essentially one of communication, expressing ideas either in a literal sense (such as communicating about a specific event or place) or metaphorically. Poets have existed since prehistory, in nearly all languages, and have produced works that vary greatly in different cultures and periods. Throughout each civilization and language, poets have used various styles that have changed over time, resulting in countless poets as diverse as the literature that (since the advent of writing systems) they have produced. History Ancient poets The civilization of Sumer figures prominently in the history of early poetry, and The Epic of Gilgamesh, a widely read epic poe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1885 Deaths
Events January * January 3– 4 – Sino-French War – Battle of Núi Bop: French troops under General Oscar de Négrier defeat a numerically superior Qing Chinese force, in northern Vietnam. * January 17 – Mahdist War in Sudan – Battle of Abu Klea: British troops defeat Mahdist forces. * January 20 – American inventor LaMarcus Adna Thompson patents a roller coaster. * January 24 – Irish rebels damage Westminster Hall and the Tower of London with dynamite. * January 26 – Mahdist War in Sudan: Troops loyal to Mahdi Muhammad Ahmad conquer Khartoum; British commander Charles George Gordon is killed. February * February 5 – King Leopold II of Belgium establishes the Congo Free State, as a personal possession. * February 9 – The first Japanese arrive in Hawaii. * February 16 – Charles Dow publishes the first edition of the Dow Jones Industrial Average. The index stands at a level of 62.76, and represents the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1836 Births
Events January–March * January 1 — Hill Street Academy is named Colombo Academy and acquired by the Government, establishing the first public school in Sri Lanka. * January 1 – Queen Maria II of Portugal marries Prince Ferdinand Augustus Francis Anthony of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. * January 5 – Former U.S. Representative Davy Crockett of Tennessee arrives in Texas to join the Texan fight for independence from Mexico. * January 12 ** , with Charles Darwin on board, reaches Sydney. ** Will County, Illinois, is formed. * February 8 – London and Greenwich Railway opens its first section, the first railway in London, England. * February 23 – Texas Revolution: The Battle of the Alamo begins, with an American settler army surrounded by the Mexican Army, under Santa Anna. * February 25 – Samuel Colt receives a United States patent for the Colt revolver, the first revolving barrel multishot firearm. * March 1 – Texas Revolution – Convention of 1836: Delegate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Azerbaijani Nobility
Azerbaijani may refer to: * Somebody or something related to Azerbaijan * Azerbaijanis * Azerbaijani language Azerbaijani ( ; , , ) or Azeri ( ), also referred to as Azerbaijani Turkic or Azerbaijani Turkish (, , ), is a Turkic languages, Turkic language from the Oghuz languages, Oghuz sub-branch. It is spoken primarily by the Azerbaijanis, Azerbaij ... See also * Azerbaijan (other) * Azeri (other) * Azerbaijani cuisine * Culture of Azerbaijan * {{Disambig Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Azerbaijani-language Poets
The following is a List of Azerbaijani-language poets. North Azerbaijan * Ashig Alasgar * Mammad Araz *Hamid Arzulu * Aşık Khanlar * Babi Badalov * Abbasgulu Bakikhanov * Vagif Bayatly Oner * Mirvarid Dilbazi * Piruz Dilenchi *Teymur Elchin * Fuzûlî * Fikrat Goja * Madina Gulgun * Mahammad Hadi * Izzeddin Hasanoglu * Almas Ildyrym * Hamlet Isakhanli *Jafar Jabbarly * Jafargulu agha Javanshir * Ahmad Javad * Huseyn Javid * Nusrat Kasamanli *Mikayil Mushfig *Imadaddin Nasimi * Khurshidbanu Natavan * Ali Nazmi * Mammed Said Ordubadi * Baba Punhan * Suleyman Rustam * Mirza Alakbar Sabir * Abbas Sahhat * Bahar Shirvani * Seyid Azim Shirvani * Khalil Rza Uluturk * Mehdigulu Khan Vafa *Molla Panah Vagif * Bakhtiyar Vahabzadeh * Aliagha Vahid * Mirza Shafi Vazeh * Molla Vali Vidadi * Samad Vurgun * Gasim bey Zakir * Hikmat Ziya Iranian Azerbaijan * Kishvari * Piruz Dilenchi * Madina Gulgun * Habib Saher *Ismail I * Habibi * Mohammad-Hossein Shahriar References {{DEFAULTSORT:Azer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Memo Bey Memayi
Memo bey Memayi (; 1849–1918) was an Azerbaijani poet. He wrote under the pseudonym ''Memayi''. He was a relative of Abdurrahim bey Hagverdiyev. Life Memo bey Muhammed bey oglu Memayi was born in 1849 in Shusha in a noble family. As a child, they called him Memo, the nickname stuck with him later, already as a pseudonym. He received his education in Shusha, where he was engaged in trade. Memo bey Memai was one of the most active members of the association of poets "Mejlisi uns", headed by the famous poet Khurshidbanu Natavan. He loved to travel, and he visited many cities in Russia, Central Asia, Turkey, Iran. Later, all the impressions from the trips resulted in serious work, which he called the ''Book of Travels''. Unfortunately, this book has not survived to this day. The father of five children, Memo bey gave his youngest daughter to be raised by his wife's brother, the famous playwright, Abdurrahim bey Hagverdiyev. The poems of Memo-bek, written in the classical style of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Firidun Bey Kocharli
Firidun bey Ahmad bey oglu Kocharli or Kocharlinski (; or ) (26 January 1863, in Shusha – 1920, in Ganja) was a prominent Azerbaijani writer, philologist, and literary critic. Life Kocharli was born in 1863 in Shusha being the only child of Ahmad bey Kocharli. Firidun graduated from the local Russian-Muslim school and was admitted to the Transcaucasian Teachers Seminary in Gori. Upon receiving his diploma in 1885, he started teaching Azerbaijani and religion at a Russian-Muslim school in Yerevan. by Shams Rufullayeva In 1895 he was invited back to Gori to teach at his ''alma mater''.Firidun bey Kocharli: National Teacher and Outstanding Philologist by Galina Mikeladze. ''Azerbaijanskie Izvestia'' He was one of the first Azerbaijani |
Mir Mohsun Navvab
Mir-Mohsun Navvab () (1833–1918 in Shusha, present day Azerbaijan) occupies a prominent place in the history of Culture of Azerbaijan, Azerbaijani culture as the last representative of the old traditional school of science, arts and literature. Navvab was versatile person of his time. He is known as a poet, artist, music historian, astronomer, carpenter, chemist and mathematician. Navvab was born in 1833 in Shusha and spent his life in this city. His life and works reflect a period of history when Azerbaijan was on the turning point of old and new, traditional and novel trends in culture and general way of life. Although Navvab remained a traditionalist in the arts, he was a progressive person in the public life of Karabakh who did a lot for the growth of literacy, culture, and arts in Karabakh. Navvab was a famous Calligraphy in Azerbaijani culture, calligrapher in Shusha. He published the poems of Karabakh poets and spread them among the local population. Navvab established a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 , roughly one-sixth of the world's landmass, making it the list of largest empires, third-largest empire in history, behind only the British Empire, British and Mongol Empire, Mongol empires. It also Russian colonization of North America, colonized Alaska between 1799 and 1867. The empire's 1897 census, the only one it conducted, found a population of 125.6 million with considerable ethnic, linguistic, religious, and socioeconomic diversity. From the 10th to 17th centuries, the Russians had been ruled by a noble class known as the boyars, above whom was the tsar, an absolute monarch. The groundwork of the Russian Empire was laid by Ivan III (), who greatly expanded his domain, established a centralized Russian national state, and secured inde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madrasa
Madrasa (, also , ; Arabic: مدرسة , ), sometimes Romanization of Arabic, romanized as madrasah or madrassa, is the Arabic word for any Educational institution, type of educational institution, secular or religious (of any religion), whether for elementary education or higher learning. In countries outside the Arab world, the word usually refers to a specific type of religious school or college for the study of the religion of Islam (loosely equivalent to a Seminary, Christian seminary), though this may not be the only subject studied. In an Islamic architecture, architectural and historical context, the term generally refers to a particular kind of institution in the historic Muslim world which primarily taught Sharia, Islamic law and Fiqh, jurisprudence (''fiqh''), as well as other subjects on occasion. The origin of this type of institution is widely credited to Nizam al-Mulk, a vizier under the Seljuk Empire, Seljuks in the 11th century, who was responsible for buildi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
