Seyid Azim Shirvani

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Seyid Azim Shirvani (Azerbaijani: Seyid Əzim Şirvani), (1835-1888) was an Azerbaijani poet. He was born in 1835 in Shamakhi. He got his elementary education in his native city, but soon was sent to Baghdad and then to Egypt to receive religious education. After returning to Shamakhi, Shirvani started paying attention to secular sciences and the problems of education. He started learning Russian, Persian and Arabic along with studying European and Russian literature. Being concerned with the progress the spiritual emancipation Azerbaijani's, in 1869 Shirvani established an Azerbaijani-Russian school where special attention was paid to secular sciences.^[1]

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^ Afsana Latifova. Poets and Writers of Azerbaijan. Baku, 2006

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Medieval	(includes authors of both Turkic and Iranic origins) Qatran Tabrizi^{1, 4} · Bahmanyar⁵ · Masud ibn Namdar⁵ · Khagani Shirvani¹ · Mahsati Ganjavi¹ · Nizami Ganjavi¹ · Shams Tabrizi¹ · Homam Tabrizi³ · Abu'l Majd Tabrizi³ · Imadaddin Nasimi^{2, 6} · Mahmud Shabistari¹ · Ohadi Maraghei¹ · Shah Ismayil Khatai² · Muhammad Fuzuli^{2, 6}

Modern	Molla Panah Vagif · Molla Vali Vidadi · Mirza Shafi Vazeh² · Khurshidbanu Natavan · Abbasgulu Bakikhanov^{2, 6} · Mirza Fatali Akhundov² · Gasim bey Zakir · Seyid Azim Shirvani · Hasan bey Zardabi · Mirza Alakbar Sabir · Jalil Mammadguluzadeh · Abdurrahim bey Hagverdiyev · Ismayil bey Gutgashynly^{8, 9} · Sakina Akhundzadeh · Suleyman Sani Akhundov · Yusif Vazir Chamanzaminli⁸ · Mammed Said Ordubadi · Najaf bey Vazirov · Ashig Alasgar · Muhammad Hadi · Abbas Sahhat · Iraj Mirza¹ · Abdulla Shaig · Parvin E'tesami¹ · Huseyn Javid · Jafar Jabbarly · Mikayil Mushfig · Samad Vurgun · Aliagha Vahid

Contemporary	Azerbaijan — Suleyman Rustam · Rasul Rza · Nigar Rafibeyli · Mirza Ibrahimov · Almas Ildyrym · Mirvarid Dilbazi · Madina Gulgun · Ismayil Shykhly · Manaf Suleymanov · Baba Punhan · Anar Rzayev · Fikrat Goja · Nusrat Kasamanli · Elchin Afandiyev · Khalil Rza Uluturk · Bakhtiyar Vahabzadeh · Magsud Ibrahimbeyov⁷ · Rustam Ibrahimbeyov⁷ · Chingiz Abdullayev⁷ · Natig Rasulzadeh⁷ · Afag Masud Iran — Samad Behrangi² · Mohammad-Hossein Shahriar² · Gholam Hossein Saedi¹ · Reza Baraheni¹

Notes	Unless otherwise indicated author wrote in Azerbaijani ¹ only in Persian · ² also in Persian · ³ Mainly in Persian but scattered verses in Old Azari language · ⁴ Professor Jan Rypka in his book History of Iranian Literature has coined the term "Azerbaijani style of Persian literature" to describe the style of Persian poetry in Azerbaijan. Qatran is credited as the founder of this style. · ⁵ only in Arabic · ⁶ also in Arabic · ⁷ only in Russian · ⁸ also in Russian · ⁹ also in French