Folklore examples in the Salman Mumtaz archive

Abstract

The Institute of Manuscripts named after Muhammad Fuzuli of ANAS stores personal archives of literary and cultural figures who lived and created in the 19th-20th centuries. One of these archives is the archive of the prominent literary critic and folklore scholar Salman Mumtaz. The manuscripts of his works, collected materials, letters, photos and other documents are preserved here.
The materials collected by Salman Mumtaz mainly include folklore examples. The archive preserves a manuscript copy of his article “Sheki savları”. In the article “Sheki savları”, the author points out that some words originate from the word “sav”, that they are distorted, and that it is incorrect to change the names of wise words such as “sayings” and “proverbs”. The folklore examples collected by Salman Mumtaz and the article “Sheki savları” are an important part of his services and research in the field of folklore. 

In the article we present, the autograph copies of the wise words collected by Salman Mumtaz, archaic words and their examples in folklore, as well as the article "Sheki Savları" were examined, described and analyzed.