Mammad Huseyn

A fountain erected in memory of the poet Mammadhuseyn in Yeni Daşkənd village of Barda region

Poet Mammad huseyin (Azerbaijani: Məmməd Huseyin) (1800, Dashkand - 1880, Dashkand, Nor Bayazet district) - ashug, Azerbaijani poet who lived in the XIX century.

About

Novruzov Mammadhuseyn Hasan oglu was born in 1800 in Dashkand village of Goycha district. He received no education. The poet's older brother Ali received 8 years of spiritual education in Ardabil and Isfahan.  Although Mammadhuseyn's father was a carpenter, he devoted his entire life to the art of ashug.  Mammadhuseyn's father had a great influence on his becoming a poet.

Mammadhuseyn was a poet who could suddenly recite poetry. The "Poets" family living in Dashkand is connected with the poet's name and are members of his family tree.  The poet Mammadhuseyn had five sons named Karbalai Muhammad, Karbalai Asad, Abulfat, Ali and Khalil.  The great artist visited the holy city of Karbala with his son Muhammad. It is said that he was tall, slender, and large. Thick eyebrows gave her a special charm. He was engaged in agriculture and cattle breeding.

The poet Mammadhuseyn died and was buried in his native village of Dashkand in 1880 as a result of a snake bite he knew about in advance.

Creativity

In addition to his famous "Epic of Love", he has hundreds of poems written in the form of verses, couplets, tajnis, mukhammas and divani.  Mammad Hussein, whose poems were also very popular in the form of Divani, was constantly persecuted for writing satires on high-ranking officials at the time.  Many religious poems and laments of the poet Mammadhuseyn are recited by mourners in Shirvan and Mugan.  The phrase "Let me tell you" is used by almost everyone in Azerbaijan.  In one of his quartets, Hussein, who complains about his luck, his lover and his time, says in his poems:

İgidin dönməsin əhdi,

Yana çevrilməsin təxdi,

Məmməd Hüseynin bəxdi,

Yatıb, oyanmaz, oyanmaz.

Poet Mammadhuseyn is one of the prominent artists of the XIX century among Goycha ashugs and folk poets.  His poems have been published in many books and textbooks.  The first written information about the poet can be found in F. Gasimzadeh's book "History of Azerbaijani literature of the XIX century" published in 1956. Ahliman Akhundov's book "Researches on the oral folk literature of Azerbaijan" published in 1961 was also given in the article entitled "Outstanding ashugs who grew up in the XIX century". Tarlan Goychali's book "Goycha ashug school" (1998) also contains extensive information about the poet and several poems (pp. 28-37).  Huseyn Ismayilov's book "Goycha ashugs and folk poets" (2006) provides extensive information about the poet's poems and life (pp. 173-301).  Poets Mammadhuseyn's selected poems "Sleep does not wake up, do not wake up" (2005), "Let me tell you" (2006), "Fountain of light" (2018) were published.