16 Facts About Hamid Arasly

Hamid Arasly is acknowledged as one of the most prominent literary critics and philologists of Azerbaijan.

Hamid Arasly has conducted extensive critical research of the works of well-known Azerbaijani and Persian poets as Nizami Ganjavi, Fuzuli, as well as Imamaddin Nasimi.

Hamid Arasly has authored multiple works on Azerbaijani literary history.

In 1936, using the eastern manuscripts he had been collecting for a few years, Hamid Arasly created the Manuscripts Bureau within the Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences.

Hamid Arasly has been pressured by the Soviet authorities for his publication of the Book of Dede Korkut.

Hamid Arasly was born on 23 February 1909 in Ganja, to a priest father.

Hamid Arasly's father was one of the clerical intellectuals of his time.

Hamid Arasly started his studies at the Ganja Teachers' Gymnasium in 1922.

Hamid Arasly graduated early in 1931 and went back to Ganja to assume the position of Deputy Chair of the Ganja Education Bureau.

Hamid Arasly became a full member of the National Academy of Sciences in 1968.

Hamid Arasly was the author of research works on many of the great Azerbaijani poets and scholars such as Imamaddin Nasimi, Saib Tabrizi, Molla Panah Vagif, Habibi and Molla Vali Vidadi.

Hamid Arasly particularly made great contributions to the study of Nizami and Fuzuli's heritage.

For example, Arasly prepared a full collection of Fuzuli's poems - Fuzuli and his Works.

Hamid Arasly was engaged in substantial research on Kitabi Dede Korkut, Koroghlu, and Azerbaijani folklore in general.

Hamid Arasly has conducted a critical review of the dastan, asserting that Azerbaijani is the closest language to which is spoken in the book.

Hamid Arasly authored some works focused on the relation between Azerbaijani literature and Persian, Turkish, Uzbek, and Turkmen literature.