Abbas Tufarqanlı or Abbas Divarganli, or Abbas of Tufargan (Azerbaijani: Aşıq Abbas Tufarqanlı, Persian: عاشیق عباس توفارقانلی, Turkish: Aşık Tufarganlı Abbas), was a 17th-century Azerbaijani[1] ashik. He is regarded as one of the most prominent of all times.[2]
Abbas Tufarqanlı | |
|---|---|
| Born | late 16th century Azarshahr |
| Died | DOD unknown |
| Occupation | Ashik |
Abbas Tufarqanlı was born in late 16th century in Azarshahr, a town near Tabriz which was known as Tufarqan. His biography is shrouded in the background of the folk story, Abbas and Gülgez set in the court of Safavid Shah Abbas (1587–1629), where Ashik Abbas quests to win his beloved Gülgez away from the king.[3] Abbas achieves his goal by convincing the ruler that he (Ashik Abbas) was a divinely inspired ashik. This episode is a renowned instance of dream motif in Turkish hikaye.[4]
Abbas Tufarqanlı's compositions edit
Abbas was a great composer and some of his compositions have survived and are still song by contemporary ashiks. A famous song is the following:[5][6]
Ay həzarət, bir zamana gəlibdir, |
Oh brothers and sisters, what have we come to: |
References edit
- ^ "ABBAS Âşık Tufarganlı". Meydan Larousse (in Turkish). Vol. 1. Meydan Yayınevi. 1960. p. 10.
azerî halk şairi [azeri folk poet]
- ^ Intangible Cultural Heritage of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Republic of Moldova and the Russian Federation (PDF). Unesco. p. 21.
- ^ Oldfield Senarsla, Anna (2008). Women Aşiqs of Azerbaijan: Tradition and Transformation. Ann Arbor: Proquest LLC. p. 29.
- ^ Baṣgöz, I. (1967). Dream Motif in Turkish Folk Stories and Shamanistic Initiation. Asian Folklore Studies, 26(1), 1-18.
- ^ "Bəyənməz". Archived from the original on 2014-05-02.
- ^ Madatli, Eynulla (2010). Poetry of Azerbaijan (PDF). Embassy of the Republic of Azerbaijan in Islamabad. p. 80. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-05-02. Retrieved 2014-05-29.