Seyid Azim Shirvani, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Seyid Azim Shirvani

Azerbaijani poet

Date of Birth: 09-Jul-1835

Place of Birth: Shamakhi, Azerbaijan

Date of Death: 20-May-1888

Profession: poet

Nationality: Azerbaijan

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Seyid Azim Shirvani (Azerbaijani: Seyid ?zim Sirvani; 9 July 1835, Shamakhy – 1 June 1888, Shamakhy) was an Azerbaijani poet and enlightener.
He got his first religious education in Iraq.
After returning to motherland he refused his spiritual dignity and opened a private school.
Seyid Azim Shirvani continued Fuzûlî’s traditions in his love-lyrical poems.
In his satirical poems and fables Seyid Azim Shirvani ridiculed priesthood, opposed backwardness and ignorance, called to enlightenment and culture.
Contemporary poets consider him their teacher.