Aşıq Ümer
Aşıq Ümer (1621–1707) was a Crimean Tatar medieval poet of ashik and is one of the most famous representatives of the Turkic-speaking ashik poetry in general. Ashik poetry (the person in love) is a special kind of literary oeuvre, the representatives of which – folk poets-singers – accompany their performances with playing the string-plucked musical instrument bağlama. Hence another name for this poetry – "bağlama poetry".
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Aşıq Ümer
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- Name
- Ümer Abdula oğlu
- Born
- 1621
- Birthplace
- Kezlev, Crimean Khanate (now Yevpatoria, Crimea)
- Died
- 1707
- Nationality
- Ottoman Empire
- Occupation
- poet · singer · musician · lyricist · singer-songwriter
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Aşıq Ümer (1621–1707) was a Crimean Tatar medieval poet of ashik and is one of the most famous representatives of the Turkic-speaking ashik poetry in general. Ashik poetry (the person in love) is a special kind of literary oeuvre, the representatives of which – folk poets-singers – accompany their performances with playing the string-plucked musical instrument bağlama. Hence another name for this poetry – "bağlama poetry".
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He wrote mainly lyric poems (on mystical content and related to a soldier's theme) in the forms of Turkic folk poetry. Also an author of poems that are traditional for classical oriental poetry – ghazals, rubaʿi etcetera. He greatly influenced the later poets-improvisers (ashiks).
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• Name — Ümer Abdula oğlu • Pen Name — Aşıq Ümer, Ümer Kezlevli • Born — 1621 • Birthplace — Kezlev, Crimean Khanate (now Yevpatoria, Crimea) • Died — 1707 • Place of death — Kezlev, Crimean Khanate (now Yevpatoria, Crimea) • Citizenship — Crimean Khanate • Genre — ashik poetry, bağlama poetry, ghazal, rubaʿi • Subject — mystical content, soldier's theme
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