Ashig Alasgar

Ashig Alasgar

Born	1821 Aghkilsa, Qajar Iran
Died	1926 Goycha district, Soviet Union

Ashig Alasgar (Azerbaijani: Aşıq Ələsgər), (1821–1926), was an Azeri mystic troubadour (Ashik) and highly regarded poet of Azeri folk songs.^[1] He was born in the village of Aghkilsa in the Goycha district of the Erivan Khanate administrative division within Qajar Iran.^[2]

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Azerbaijani literature

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Köroğlu Book of Dede Korkut Ashik

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Azerbaijani is the official language of the Republic of Azerbaijan and one of the official languages of the Republic of Dagestan. It is also widely spoken in Iran, particularly in Iranian Azerbaijan. It is also spoken in some parts of Turkey, Russia and Georgia.

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