Yusuf Meddah (Azerbaijani: Yusif Məddah, یوسف مداح) was an early 14th-century poet. He is considered one of the earliest known authors of Azerbaijani literature, and his poetry played a significant role in the development of the Azerbaijani literary language. Although little is known about his life, it is estimated that he lived at the beginning of the 14th century. Meddah was well-educated and fluent in Azerbaijani, Arabic, and Persian.
Meddah's most famous work is Varqa va Gülşāh, which consists of approximately 1,700 couplets written in aruz form, a type of poetry using quantifying prosody, and is based on an Arabic folk tale. Other notable works by Meddah include Ghazavātnāmah, Dāstān-i Iblīs 'Aleyh al-La'nah, Qiṣṣah-i Yūsuf, and possibly Maqtal-i Hüseyn and Khāmūshnāmah if they are indeed his works.
YusufMeddah (Azerbaijani: Yusif Məddah, یوسف مداح) was an early 14th-century poet. He is considered one of the earliest known authors of Azerbaijani literature...
Muzaffar al-Din Jahan Shah ibn Yusuf (Persian: جهان شاه; Azerbaijani: Cahanşah جهان شاه; 1397 in Khoy or 1405 in Mardin – 30 October or 11 November 1467...
and Saga: An Introduction to the World's Great Folk Epics. p. 312. Azmun, Yusuf (29 January 2020). "The New Dädä Qorqut Tales from the Recently-Found Third...
Ali, the son of the stableman Koca Yusuf lives in Dörtdivan under the service of the Bey of Bolu. One day, Yusuf comes across a filly which, to his trained...
had an older full-brother, Khalil Mirza Beg, and a younger full-brother, Yusuf Beg. On 6 January 1478, his father died and his brother Khalil proclaimed...
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