Qovsi Tabrizi (Azerbaijani: قوسی تبریزلی; Persian: قوسی تبریزی; born Alijan Ismailoghlu Qovsi[1][2]) was a 17th-century poet.

Qovsi Tabrizi
BornAlijan Ismailoghlu Qovsi
First quarter of 17th century
Tabriz
Died17th century
OccupationPoet

Life

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Qovsi Tabrizi was born in Tabriz in the first quarter of the 17th century,[1][2] to an Azerbaijani family.[3] His father, Ismail Qovsi was a craftsman and a poet.[1][4] Tabrizi was educated in Isfahan and during his stay there, he wrote poems about Tabriz and often compared the two cities.[1]

Poetry

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Tabrizi hated social injustice and ridiculed clergy in his works. The theme of romantic love and an idealistic and pantheistic worldview took a significant place in his lyrics. Pessimistic motifs are also present, shown in his descriptions of people's thoughts and hopes. Other features of Tabrizi's poems include a diversity of representations, forms and intonations.[4] Qovsi Tabrizi often used literary expressions of folk language.[5][1]

Collections of Tabrizi's lyrical poems are stored in two manuscripts. One is in the British Library in London and the other is in the History Museum of Georgia in Tbilisi.[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e Akpınar, Yavuz. "KAVSÎ TEBRÎZÎ". İslâm Ansiklopedisi (in Turkish). Retrieved 7 May 2022.
  2. ^ a b Javadi & Burrill 1988, pp. 251–255.
  3. ^ Johanson 2020, p. 169.
  4. ^ a b c "Ковси Тебризи". Great Soviet Encyclopedia (in Russian). Vol. 3. Moscow. 1970–1979. Retrieved 7 May 2022.{{cite encyclopedia}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  5. ^ Gulusoy, İlkin (January 2018). "KAVSİ TEBRİZİ ŞİİRLERİNİN DİLİNİN LEKSİK ÖZELLİKLERİ ÜZERİNE". International Journal of Turkish Literature Culture Education. 7 (2): 771–787. doi:10.7884/teke.4152.

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