Ashiq Qurbani
- Name
- Qurbani
- Born
- c. 1477
- Birthplace
- Iri
- Occupation
- Ashik Ashik Qurbani or Kurbani (Aşıq Qurbani) was an Azerbaijani ashik.
- Died
- 1550
- Nationality
- Aq Qoyunlu · Safavid Iran
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Ashiq Qurbani (1477–1550) was an ashik, musician and poet, a national of Aq Qoyunlu and Safavid Iran.
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• Name — Qurbani • Born — c. 1477 • Birthplace — Iri • Died — Iri • Occupation — Ashik Ashik Qurbani or Kurbani (Aşıq Qurbani) was an Azerbaijani ashik.
Early life
Early life
Qurbani was born in about 1477 in Iri village (today Jabrayil District of Azerbaijan).
Musician
Musician
He was a contemporary of Shah Ismail and may have served as a court musician. According to folk traditions, Qurbani became an ashik via divine intervention in a dream. In the dream, he sees a big palace and a beautiful maiden in the garden. The girl is looking at him. A Saint holds one of the girl's hands; a second Saint holds the other and puts a love potion into her hand. Qurbani opens his eyes while trying to embrace the girl, but realizes that it has all been a dream. Thus he falls in love with the maiden whose name was Perizat (Pari). This tradition is the basis of a famous ashik hikaye, known as "Qurbani and Pari".
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Qurbani's compositions were handed down orally and are performed by every ashik. A famous qushma, titled Violet, starts with: Başina mən dönüm ala göz Pəri, --- (O my dearest, my love, my beautiful green-eyed Pari) Adətdir dərələr yaz bənəvşəni. --- (Custom bids us pluck violets when spring days begin) Ağ nazik əlinən dər dəstə bağla, --- (With your tender white hand gather a nosegay) Tər buxaq altinə düz bənəvşəni... --- (Pin it under your dainty chin.....)
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- 1.Unesco. Intangible Cultural Heritage of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Republic of Moldova and the Russian Federation. 21.
- 2.Гурбани. Азербайджанская ашыгская поэзия. Газанфар Ниязов, кандидат филологических наук. Изд. «Язычы», Баку, 1984. - 47 стр. Стр. 9
- 3.صدیق. قوپوزنوازان دلسوخته آذربایجان (عاشیق قوربانی). سایت دوستداران دکتر حسین محمدزاده صدیق.
- 4.Baṣgöz, I. (1967). Dream Motif in Turkish Folk Stories and Shamanistic Initiation. Asian Folklore Studies, 26(1), 1-18.
- 5.ANTHOLOGY OF ASHIQ.
- 6.Madatli, Eynulla. Poetry of Azerbaijan. Embassy of the Republic of Azerbaijan in Islamabad. 75. 2010.
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