Kishwari and his poetry predecessors (Based on his diwan in the native language)

Abstract

Nematullah Kishwari was one of the masters who made valuable contributions to the development of Azerbaijani poetry with his poems written in native language in the 20th century and he distinguished by his unique poetic perspective and style of expression. His “Diwan” consisting of lyrical poems written in the native language widespread and had a great influence on the creativity of many poets. Kishwari was one of the worthy predecessors of the great Fuzuli, as well as masters such as Habibi and Khatai, who had a special place in the development of Azerbaijani poetry. At the same time, in the creativity of Kishwari the influence of Alishir Navai, Uzbek poet is of great importance. In the creativity of Kishwari characterized by clear language, fluent and rhythmic structure the elements of Chagatai Turkic manifests itself in phonetic and morphological terms as an influence of Navai. Kishwari wrote the nazires to Alishir Navai’s ghazals, as well as 5 takhmises; and wrote the takhmis to one of Lutfi’s ghazals. There are also takhmises that the poet wrote for the ghazals of Ottoman poets such as Ahmed Pasha and Nizami Gunavi. In the article is dealt with these takhmises.