Nasīmī

Stamp of the Soviet Union , the'Imād ad-Din Nasimi dedicated, 1973 (Michel 4161, Scott 4118)

Sayyid ʿImād ad-Dīn Nasīmī ( Persian سید عماد الدین نسیمی; * around 1369 ; † 1417 / 18 in Aleppo , skinned was) based on current knowledge of the earliest Azerbaijani poet and philosopher . Since Azerbaijani literature was still part of the old Ottoman literature at the time of Nasīmī , Babinger (1934) assigned Nasīmī to Ottoman, Doerfer (1988), however, due to the poet's non-Anatolian origins, to Azerbaijani.

Life

Little is known about Nasīmī's life and his place of birth is unclear (perhaps near Baghdad or in Şamaxı ). But he was of Azeri origin, although the title Sayyid implies Arabic roots. Around 1401 he turned to Hurufism in Tabriz under the direction of Fazlallāh Astarābādī , whose teachings he spread actively and at the risk of his life. According to a fatwa by the fanatical Mufti of Aleppo, Nasīmī was skinned alive there in 1417/18.

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From Nasīmī there are two Dīwāne in Persian and Turkish. Some verses in Arabic are also attributed to him. The Turkish divan contains 250–300 ghasels and around 150 quatrains. His poems were well known early on , especially through the mediation of wandering calendar dervishes .

One of the famous Ghazele , which is emphasized by the richness of its language among the Turkic peoples , is the Ghazel Sighmazam ( Azerbaijani Sığmazam).

A small section from the Ghazel Sighmazam;

Sığmazam

Məndə sığar iki cahan, mən bu cahâna sığmazam

Gövhər-i lâ-məkân mənəm, kövn-ü məkâna sığmazam.

"Inappropriate"

I easily embrace both worlds, this world does not embrace me.

Am the source of the unknown, I don't find being and being.

Most of his ghazels and poems are sung in musical form.

Commemoration

• The Nasimi Institute of Linguistics of the National Academy of Sciences of Azerbaijan .
• The Nasimi settlement in Baku , Azerbaijan .
• Baku metro station opened in 2008.
• Several streets in Aghjabedi , Khudat or Baku are named after him.
• The villages of Nasimi in the administrative units of Sabirabad and Bilasuvar and in Saatli , in Azerbaijan.
• The dry cargo ship Nasimi of the Azerbaijan Caspian Shipping Company
• In 1973 the Azerbaijani director Hasan Seyidbeyli made a film of the same name in honor of the 600th anniversary of Nasīmī. The main role was played by Rasim Balayev .
• In 1973 the Azerbaijani composer Fikrət Əmirov wrote the ballet "The Legend of Nasimi" on the occasion of the 600th anniversary of the poet Nasīmī.
• In 1980 a bronze / granite monument in honor of Nasimi was erected in Baku. The sculptors were Tokay Mammadov and Ibrahim Zeynalov.
• From September 27th to 30th, 2018 the "Festival of Poetry, Art, Spirituality - Nasimi" took place in Azerbaijan, the opening of which took place in Şamaxı . In November, the Moscow State Institute for International Relations (MGIMO) inaugurated a bust of Nasimi, the opening ceremony of which took place in Moscow from November 19 to 20 as part of the festival of the same name.
• In view of the 650th anniversary of the poet, Azerbaijan declared 2019 the "Year of Nasimi".
• In 2019 was minor planet "1995 UN2" in the asteroid belt of Center Minor Planet designated under the name of the poet as "(32939) Nasimi = 1995 UN2".

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  The statue of Nasimi in Baku (1980)

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  The Nasimi Park in Sumgait

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  Small excerpt from the film "Nasimi" (1973)

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  The execution of the poet Nasīmī (1930s)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Doerfer, 1988
2. ↑ ^{a b c} Babinger, 1995
3. ^ Encyclopaedia Iranica. Azeri Turkish
4. ^ Nasimi Institute for Linguistics
5. ^ The Nasimi settlement in Baku
6. ^ The Nasimi metro station in Baku
7. ↑ Dry cargo ship (tanker) Nasimi
8. ↑ The Ballet "The Legend of Nasīmī"
9. ^ Nasimi Festival in Azerbaijan
10. ↑ Inauguration of the Nasimi bust in Moscow (Russian)
11. ^ President Ilham Aliyev declares 2019 the year of Nasimi
12. ↑ The minor planet Nasimi

literature

• Franz Babinger: Nesīmī . In: CE Bosworth et al. (Ed.): The Encyclopaedia of Islam . 2nd Edition. Brill, Leiden [u. a.] 1995, ISBN 90-04-09834-8 , pp. VIII: 8a (adoption of article from 1934).
• Gerhard Doerfer: AZERBAIJAN viii. Azeri Turkish . In: Ehsan Yarshater (ed.): Encyclopædia Iranica . 1988 ( iranicaonline.org [accessed August 18, 2011]).
• Michael Reinhard Hess : The language of the human god. Investigations into Imad äd-Din Näsimis (fl. Approx. 1400) Turkish divan . Shaker, Aachen 2009, ISBN 978-3-8322-8402-2 .