Ikhrek Rajab

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Ikhrek Rajab
Born1680
Died1760 (aged 79–80)
OccupationPoet
Language

Ikhrek Rajab (Azerbaijani: İhrək rəcəb; b. Ikhrek, Safavid Shirvan, Safavid Empire – d. 1760) was a Rutul poet who wrote poems mainly in Azerbaijani Turkish.[1]

Life and creativity[edit]

The main part of Ikhrek Rajab's work consists of love poems. According to folk legends, he loved a girl named Huri, but the girl's father married Huri to a rich man. Therefore, Rajab's poems dedicated to Huri formed the basis of his creativity.[2][3]

“Söylərəm” (“I will say”), “Mənəm mən” (“This is me”), “Mən” (“I”) are among his famous poems. In them, the main place is occupied by the state of the lyrical hero, accompanied by sadness and melancholy.[2][3] These poems are distinguished by the fact that they lack a clearly defined object - it seems to be dissolved in time and space. Accordingly, the relationship of the subject to the object is not emphasized. The main attention is focused on the subject himself.[4][5]

References[edit]

Citations[edit]

  1. ^ Gasharov 1976, p. 30.
  2. ^ a b Bedirkhanov 1999, p. 84.
  3. ^ a b Bedirkhanov 2007, p. 107.
  4. ^ Bedirkhanov 1999, p. 88.
  5. ^ Bedirkhanov 2007, p. 110.

Sources[edit]

  • Gasharov, Gadzhi (1976). Shalbuzova, N. (ed.). Лезгинская ашугская поэзия и литература [Lezgin Ashug poetry and literature] (in Russian). Dagestan: Дагест. кн. изд–во.
  • Bedirkhanov, Seifeddin Anverovich (1999). Азербайджаноязычная лезгинская поэзия ХVII-ХIХ вв. [Azerbaijani-language Lezgin poetry of the 17th-19th centuries.] (in Russian).
  • Bedirkhanov, Seifeddin Anverovich (2007). Азербайджаноязычная поэзия народов Южного Дагестана (XVII-XVIII вв.) [Azerbaijani-language poetry of the peoples of Southern Dagestan (XVII-XVIII centuries)] (in Russian). Institute of Language, Literature and Art G. Tsadasy.