Gazi Burhaneddin

Gazi Burhanadin is one of the great Azerbaijani poets written in the mother tongue – Azerbaijani Turkic. His poetry had a serious impact on creativity of bright poets of Azerbaijani literature coming after him, like Fuzuli, Nasimi, Kishvari, Habibi, Shah Ismail Khatai, Molla Panah Vagif and others. Therefore his lyrics are very popular in Turkic-speaking countries. Therefore name of Burhaneddin are often recalled by historians of medieval ages.