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    The Epic of Koroghlu (Azerbaijani: Koroğlu dastanı, کوروجلو حماسه سی; Turkish: Köroğlu destanı; Turkmen: Görogly dessany; Uzbek: Goʻr oʻgʻli dostoni) is...
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    libretto is based on episodes from the Epic of Koroghlu, a heroic legend prominent in the oral traditions of the Turkic peoples. The opera premiered...
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    The Monument to Koroghlu (Azerbaijani: Koroğlu heykəli) commemorates the central character of the Epic of Koroghlu. It is located in Baku, Azerbaijan at...
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    a day from Koroglu Metro Station to Baku Airport. List of Baku metro stations Epic of Koroghlu "Baku Metro". UrbanRail. 40°23′43″N 49°52′56″E / 40.3953°N...
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    Ashik (category Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity)
    of Azerbaijan Aqyn Bakshy Dengbêj Gusans Khananda Ishq Ashik Kerib and Ashiq Qarib Epic of Koroghlu Epic of Manas The Color of Pomegranates List of Turkic-languages...
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  • Ruhnama (category Culture of Turkmenistan)
    existing Turkmen epics – Oğuzname, Book of Dede Korkut, and Epic of Koroghlu – in preaching of morals and promotion of a model code of conduct. These are...
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    compositions in a number of languages. The name Sayat-Nova has been given several interpretations. One version reads the name as "Lord of Song" (from Arabic...
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    Dastan (category Culture of Central Asia)
    Ata of the Oghuz Turks — which may have been created as early as the beginning of the 13th century. Dastangoi Alpamysh Epic of Manas Epic of Koroghlu List...
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    among the dastans or epic stories of the Oghuz Turks. The stories carry morals and values significant to the social lifestyle of the nomadic Turkic peoples...
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  • is a Turkish name, and it may refer to: Epic of Koroghlu, heroic legend prominent in the oral traditions of the Turkic peoples Köroğlu, semi-mystical...
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    perspective of genre. There are three basic genres in the tradition: epic; folk poetry; and folklore. The Turkic epic has its roots in the Central Asian epic tradition...
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    Persian and Arabic languages. He is regarded as one of the greatest Turkic poets of his time and one of the most prominent figures in Azerbaijani literature...
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    Ismail I (redirect from Ismail of Persia)
    Shahnameh-like epic about his victories and his newly established dynasty. Although the epic was left unfinished, it was an example of mathnawis in the...
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    Uzeyir Hajibeyov (category Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour)
    stage production of the opera Koroghlu, YouTube: [3] (10 min 55 sec). The libretto of this part of opera is in Persian. A short section of Hajibeyov's celebrated...
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    Jahan Shah (category Year of birth uncertain)
    most of present-day Iraq, central Iran, and even eventually Kerman. He also conquered neighbouring states. He was one of the greatest rulers of the Qara...
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    Ahmet Adnan Saygun (category State Artists of Turkey)
    based on the Epic of Koroghlu), 1973 Op. 65 Gılgameş, 1964–1983 Op.17 Bir Orman Masalı (A Forest Tale), 1939–43 Op.75 Kumru Efsanesi (Legend of Kumru), 1986–89...
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  • These sing and tell the love between Kerem, son of the Muslim Padishah of Isfahan, and Aslı, daughter of an Armenian-Christian monk or priest. Sometimes...
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  • Görogly may refer to: Epic of Koroghlu (Görogly in the Turkmen language) Görogly (city), a city in Dashoguz province, Turkmenistan Görogly District, an...
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    epic poem written in Azerbaijani by the 16th-century poet Fuzuli. The poem, written in the form of a mathnawi (rhyming couplets), tells the story of a...
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    "having valiant horses." The name is one of the few instances of a name from the epic poem Shahnameh (The Book of Kings) being used by an Islamic-era dynasty...
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    musician. and rapper. Elkhan is the first prize winner of National Book Award 2010. A graduate of the Turkish Lyceum in Baku (TDV-BTL), he studied journalism...
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    Mohammad-Hossein Shahriar (category University of Tabriz alumni)
    in Tehran. Heydar Baba is the name of a mountain where the poet spent his childhood. He also wrote a book of epic poems, Takht-e Jamshid. He was interested...
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  • folk tale, written in the epic-lyrical genre.[citation needed] It is the first rendition of the folktale in the literature of Turkic languages. The work...
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    Nariman Narimanov (category Candidates of the Central Committee of the 12th Congress of the Russian Communist Party (Bolsheviks))
    government of Soviet Azerbaijan. He was subsequently elected chairman of the Union Council of the Transcaucasian SFSR. He was also Party Chairman of the Central...
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    Armenian–Azerbaijani cultural relations (category Culture of Armenia)
    epics such as Kerem and Aslı, Ashiq Qarib and the Epic of Koroghlu. The Armenian epic David of Sassoun has many similaritys with the Epic of Koroghlu...
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    admired this latter's epic Nameh-ye Khosrovan (Book of sovereigns), which was an attempt to offer the modern reader biographies of Iran's ancient kings...
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  • Qoyunlus. His only surviving work is a divan (a collection of short poems) in Azerbaijani. Most of what is known about Hidayat's life comes from his poetry...
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    Samad Behrangi (category University of Tabriz alumni)
    intelligentsia of his era‌, which made him popular among the Organization of Iranian People's Fedai Guerrillas, his books typically portrayed the lives of the children...
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  • considered one of the leading poets of Azerbaijani literature during that time and his poems played a significant role in the development of the Azerbaijani...
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    (Ashik) and highly regarded poet of Azerbaijani folk songs. He was born in the village of Aghkilsa in the Goycha District of the Erivan Khanate. Ashig Alasgar...
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