New Azerbaijani banknotes to feature Heydar Aliyev and Iranian poet Nizami

[Rostam]

New Azerbaijani banknotes to feature Heydar Aliyev and Iranian poet Nizami Ganjevi

Photos of new banknote designs for Azerbaijani currency, manat, were spread through in the Internet, reports Azerbaijani news website Oxu.az. According to non-official information, the design of manat will be changed starting from 2014.

It is worth mentioning that the banknote for 100 manat will feature the former president Heydar Aliyev, while 5 manat banknote will bear the picture of a classic Iranian poet Nizami Ganjevi, who is considered an Azerbaijani poet in Azerbaijan.

“Based on the photos, 1 manat banknote will feature Uzeira Gajibekova (Soviet Azerbaijani composer, Lezgin by nationality – ed.), 5 manat - Nizami Ganjevi, 10 manat banknote - Zeinalabdin Tagiyev, (Azerbaijani millionaire and sponsor – ed.), 20 manat – Molla Panakh Vagif (poet – ed.), 50 manat – Yusif Mamedaliyev (Azerbaijani chemist – ed.), 100 manat – Heydar Aliyev,” writes the website.

Persian poet Nizami Ganjevi was claimed to be “an Azerbaijani poet” in Azerbaijan. Deputy Minister of culture and Islamic orientation of Iran Bakhman Dari stated in his interview to official information agency “IRNA” that the Republic of Azerbaijan attributes cultural values of Iran to itself. The Iranian official commented on the fact that the monument of Nizami Ganjevi was presented to Rome by Azerbaijan, said:
“Evidence suggests that Nizami Ganjevi is an Iranian poet, and there is no need to prove it. But attributing the cultural values of another country to itself is not a worthy act. Not having any cultural values, Azerbaijan is forced to impute values from other countries. You can’t call Azerbaijan’s given move nothing else but stealing.”

Azerbaijani scientist Sirius Ashemov noted on the topic that the territory of Arana and Shirvana, which the state of Azerbaijan was established on in 1918, was part of Iran, and when Nizami Ganjevi wrote “Hamse,” Gyanja was an Iranian city. “Azerbaijan had a mere 20-year of history, consequently, the poet working 800 years ago cannot be considered Azerbaijani,” he said.

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[Hack-Hook]

I wonder how they want to claim him as an azerbaiejan poet while he even dont have a single Azeri poem

 

[SOS Brigade]

I wonder how they want to claim him as an azerbaiejan poet while he even dont have a single Azeri poem

they're jelly that's why.

 

[Azeri440]

fake, it was made by another user in a different forum and some morons took it seriously

I wonder how they want to claim him as an azerbaiejan poet while he even dont have a single Azeri poem

uhmm just because he used the language he preferred doesn't mean he automatically becomes the citizen of that country

 

[Azeri boy]

fake, it was made by another user in a different forum and some morons took it seriously




uhmm just because he used the language he preferred doesn't mean he automatically becomes the citizen of that country

What a pathetic imbecile.
There was no such thing as the "Republic of Azerbiajan" then, Azerbaijan belonged to Iran then. Of course he was a citizen of Iran.

 

[Azeri440]

What a pathetic imbecile.
There was no such thing as the "Republic of Azerbiajan" then, Azerbaijan belonged to Iran then. Of course he was a citizen of Iran.

let me rephrase that so your tiny brain can understand
he is an Azeri
apparently explaining it in 21st century example isn't simple enough

 

[Azeri boy]

let me rephrase that so your tiny brain can understand
he is an Azeri
apparently explaining it in 21st century example isn't simple enough

Can you prove it? if not then go back to licking aliyev's backside
No such thing as Azeris,Persian,Lur in Iran.
They are all Iranian and Iranic.
Try getting that into your brainwashed braindead head.

 

[Menace2Society]

There were many great Iranian scientists which contributed to the Islamic Arab empire.

Going by your logic those scientists don't belong to you.

Doesn't make any sense.

Everyone is a product of their environment regardless of which empire they belonged to.

This is the reason why the world hates you guys, you're obnoxious. Its very off putting.

 

[Shapur Zol Aktaf]

Poems in Farsi in Nizami Ganjavi’s mausoleum to be replaced by analogues in Azerbaijani language

Tiles with poems in the Persian language in Nizami Ganjavi's mausoleum in Azerbaijani city of Ganja will be replaced with analogous poems, but in the Azerbaijani language, the Director of Nizami Ganjavi Centre of Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences (ANAS) Khalil Yusifli told Trend on Wednesday.
According to him, the tiles with poems in Persian were placed in the mausoleum of the world-famous Azerbaijani poet in 1997, and they do not have any historical value.
The poem, consisting of four couplets, is a praising of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, and is included into 'Leyli and Mejnun' poem. These four couplets were taken from the second part of the poem, consisting of 110 couplets, Yusifli added.
The centre's director said that these four couplets were translated into Azerbaijani, approved by ANAS and will be placed instead of the version in Persian.
The poems were translated by Khalil Yusifli. Along with these poems, Nizami Ganjavi's poems dedicated to his native city of Ganja, which were translated into Azerbaijani, will be also placed in the mausoleum.
According Yusifli, sometimes people visiting the mausoleum, seeing poetry in Persian, mistakenly believe that Nizami Ganjavi was a Persian poet.
This step is taken to ensure that everyone knows that Nizami is a representative of Azerbaijani literature, he said.
Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Asia-Pacific Affairs Seyyed Abbas Araqchi previously expressed regret for the replacement of poems in Persian.
Several Iranian media outlets described this as a distortion of Nizami Ganjavi's personality. Some Iranian litterateurs believe that Nizami was born in Iran's Qom city. However, this idea is not accepted in Iran itself. Since the 12th century and to this day all historians and authors of memoirs emphasize that Nizami was born in Azerbaijani city of Ganja.
There is not an historical document, which put this fact under question. In Iran, as elsewhere in the world, this poet (his full name Jamaleddin Ilyas ibn Yusuf Nizami Ganjavi) is called Nizami Ganjavi (Ganjavi means, from Ganja). In his works Nizami also repeatedly stressed that he was born in Ganja.

Again panturkists rewriting and destroying history.

 

[Esfand]

Politicization of the background of Nizami Ganjavi: Attempted de-Iranization of a historical Iranian figure by the USSR


@JEskandari @Azeri440 @Menace2Society Completely agree, language does not define his nationality, but the above does seems to corroborate his Iranian background very well.

 

[Serpentine]

I would call Nizami a Persian poet rather than an Iranian one, because the influence of Persian language and culture is not only limited within current borders of Modern Iran, it's very obvious. But he is indeed a part of history of the greater Iran.

What republic of Azerbaijan is doing, if true, is called 'Creating History', because if they really thought he is an Azerbaijani poet, they wouldn't destroy the walls which have Persian poems of Nizami on it. They just feel embarrassed by those poems and at the same time want to 'own' poet, while they don't know that poets like Hafiz, Ferdowsi, Mowlana, Nezami and Sa'adi know no borders or nationality and their legacy can not be trapped within the borders of one single country.

 

[iranigirl2]

There were many great Iranian scientists which contributed to the Islamic Arab empire.

Going by your logic those scientists don't belong to you.

Doesn't make any sense.

Everyone is a product of their environment regardless of which empire they belonged to.

This is the reason why the world hates you guys, you're obnoxious. Its very off putting.

The world also hates Pakistanis. After Iran your the most hated country!


@Azeri440

Now,

How can one of the greatest Persian poets in our history all the sudden have a new identity?


Can you show us any of his poems that was originally written in your language?




All of his poems are written in Persian and all the contemporary Iranian poets are heavily influenced by him.


It's a shame your country has destroyed the Persian Tiles in this museum.


I think Iran should sue this country , for stealing one of our greatest poets and also paying countries like Italy to put a statue which falsify our poets identity.

 

[Azeri440]

you Iranians are a little slow I see
explained it already but apparently its not enough

 

[Azeri440]

Can you prove it? if not then go back to licking aliyev's backside
No such thing as Azeris,Persian,Lur in Iran.
They are all Iranian and Iranic.
Try getting that into your brainwashed braindead head.

uhmmmm yea he was born in Ganja and spent his whole life in Caucasus , also passed away in Ganja
that makes him an Azeri or do people magically become Iranian when they use your language?

 

[Yabgu]

Great Azeri Turks.