Imadaddin Nasimi

At his time more known under the pseudonym of the Nasimi, the poet was an author of divan in Azerbaijani Turkic and, various small works in Persian and Arabic. The language of his poems in Azerbaijani are distinguished with the richness, closeness to people’s speech, and proverbs, percussion, sayings, wise words dominate here. Nasimi’s rubais are very close to folk poetry bayati. Philosopher-poet\'s poetry had gained popularity among the peoples of Turkey and Iran, in Central Asia.