Heyran Khanim
Heyran Khanim | |
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Born | 1790 Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan |
Died | 1848 Tabriz, Iran |
Occupation | Poet |
Heyran Khanim was an Azerbaijani poet who lived in the first half of the 19th century.[1]
Biography[]
Khanim was born in Nakhchivan into an aristocratic family. Her birth and death dates are unknown. Heyran Khanim moved to Iran in the beginning of the 19th century and lived in Tabriz until the end of her life. She knew Persian and Arabic languages and learned classical literature of the East.[1]
Khanim wrote lyrical poems of various forms, including ghazals, mukhammasses, ruba'is, and gasidas in Azerbaijani and Persian languages.[1]
Ardent, kind and selfless love is the main theme of her poetry. In some of her poems, she blames life, protests against evil and social unfairness, violation of rights and oppressed situation of women.[1]
References[]
- ^ a b c d Хейран-Ханум. Great Soviet Encyclopedia. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
Literature[]
- Aziza Jafarzade. Azərbaycanın aşıq və şair qadınları. Baku: Ganjlik, 1991, page.35.
Categories:
- Azerbaijani-language women poets
- Azerbaijani-language poets
- 1790 births
- 1848 deaths
- Azerbaijani women poets
- People from Nakhchivan
- Azerbaijani emigrants to Iran
- Persian-language women poets
- Persian-language poets
- 19th-century Azerbaijani women writers
- 19th-century Azerbaijani writers
- Azerbaijani writer stubs
- Asian poet stubs