Tazkira “Anjumanara” and Azerbaijani poets presented in it
Keywords:
Akhtar, Ahmad bey Gurju, tazkirah, Gulchin Maani, Khayyampur, Shiraz, IsfahanAbstract
One of the masters of tazkira in Persian is Ahmad bey Gurju who wrote his poems with
pseudonym Akhtar. His tazkira "Anjumanara" presents poets of different nationalities who lived in
Iran in the second half of the XVIII century and the beginning of the XIX century. Since Ahmad
Bey was acquainted with most of these poets, the information he provided was of great value. The
article is dedicated to Ahmad bey Gurju, his tazkira and the Azerbaijan poets of the XVIII-XIX
centuries, presented in this tazkira.