The edition of Ashug Abbas Tufarganli’s heritage: The problems and perspectives

Abstract

The rich poetical heritage of Ashug Abbas Tufarganli, one of the prominent
representatives of classical ashug poetry of Azerbaijan played an important role in the creativity of
a number of masters; they benefited from his creativity and created a wonderful works of art.
Although Ashug’s works have different editions for different years, they differ both in number and
volume. According to sources, in addition to goshma and gerayli written on the theme of love,
Ashug Abbas Tufarganli had ghazals and religious mukhammeses, too. Ashug’s poems differ in
terms of number, genre and content in the book named “Tufarganli Ashug Abbas (poems)”
published by Ashug Huseyn Sai in Arabic Alphabet in Tabriz, in 2015. At present, the current tasks
are to make mutual comparisons between the publications of the poet's legacy from previous years
with this book and to prepare a more perfect edition of the works of ashug. After the preparation of
such a publication, it will be possible to study the poet's literary heritage in a deeper and more
comprehensive manner.