Sheikh Izzeddin Esfarayeni (; fa, شیخ عزالدین پورحسن اسفراینی), who wrote under the

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s of Hasanoghlu and Pur-e Hasan, was a 13th and 14th century poet who wrote in

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and Persian. He is the earliest known author of

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. Hasanoghlu was born in Esfarayen in the 13th century. He was a student of Sheikh Jamaladdin Ahmed Zakir, the head of one of the Sufi sects. During his lifetime, Hasanoghlu was well-known, with his fame reaching as far as

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. His lyrics influenced many generations of Turkic-language poets. Hasanoghlu primarily composed lyric poems about love that were infused with Sufi ideology. He composed a diwan of Azerbaijani and Persian

ghazal The ''ghazal'' ( ar, غَزَل, bn, গজল, Hindi-Urdu: /, fa, غزل, az, qəzəl, tr, gazel, tm, gazal, uz, gʻazal, gu, ગઝલ) is a form of amatory poem or ode, originating in Arabic poetry. A ghazal may be understood as a ...

s. Only three of Hasanoghlu's poems have survived. Azerbaijani Turkish Ghazal Apardi Konlumu by Hasanoghlu

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