IN THE LITERARY MEETINGS OF YUNUS EMRE AND MULLAH GASIM SALMAN MUMTAZ
IN THE LITERARY MEETINGS OF YUNUS EMRE AND MULLAH GASIM SALMAN MUMTAZ

Summary/Abstract: The article is dedicated to the scientific research of Salman Mumtaz, one of the prominent representatives of Azerbaijani literary criticism, on Yunus Emre and Mullah Gasim. It is emphasized here that Yunus Emre is one of the artists who made important contributions to the development of Turkish poetic thought in the XIII-XIV centuries. Yunus Emre, who founded the Anatolian Ashig School, one of the first as high schools, with his works written in the spirit of the people and his literary activity, is one of the literary figures who made national progress in the field of artistic success. The researches about Mullah Gasim, mentioned in one of Yunus Emre's works, contributed the creation of the article. According to Salman Mumtaz, Mullah Gasim was one of the most powerful artists of Azerbaijani poetry of the XIII-XIV centuries. Although there is no reliable information about the date of his birth and death, Yunus Emre was a contemporary of Emre and wrote poetry with him. After this information provided by Salman Mumtaz to the scientific community, various approaches to the personality and creativity of Mullah Gasim emerged. Scholars such as Mahmudbey Mahmudbeyov, Mammadhuseyn Tahmasib, Ahliman Akhundov, Sadnik Pshayev, Maharram Gasimli, Nizami Khalilov, Seyfaddin Ganiyev, Agalar Mirza, as well as Turkish researcher Abdulbaki Cholpinarli had independent opinions on the subject. Most of these scholars praised the work of Mullah Gasim and concluded that it was a stage in the development of Azerbaijani literature. Therefore, research of Salman Mumtaz in this field should be considered as a great literary event.

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