Shahriar

Biography

Seyyed Mohammad Hosayn Behjat Tabrizi

Shahriar was one of Iran’s most beloved modern poets and wrote in both Persian and Azerbaijani Turkic. His Persian ghazals are known for personal emotion and classical language, while the Turkic poem Heydar Babaya Salam holds a special place in Azerbaijani literature. His extensive poetry is collected in Divan-e Shahriar.

Known works and writings: Divan-e Shahriar; Heydar Babaya Salam.