Died Diri Occupation Ashik | Name Ashiq Qurbani | |
Similar Mir Sayyid Ali Hamadani, Mahmoud Shabestari, Shah Nimatullah Wali | ||
Ashik Qurbani, or Kurbani, (Azerbaijani: Aşıq Qurbani) is one of the most prominent ashiks of all times.
Qurbani, or was born in 1477 in Diri village (today this place is on the territory of Jabrayil District of Azerbaijan). He was a contemporary of Shah Ismail and may have served as the court musician. According to folk traditions, Qurbani became an ashik via divine intervention in a dream. In the same dream, he sees a big palace and a beautiful maiden in the garden. The girl is also looking at him. A Saint holds one hand of the girl; the second Saint holds the other and puts a love potion into the hand of the girl... Qurbani opens his eyes while he is trying to embrace the girl, but realizes that it has all been a dream. Thus he falls in love with the maiden whose name was Perizat (Pari). This tradition is the basis of a famous ashik hikaye, known as "Qurbani and Pari".
Qurbani's compositions
Qurbani's compositions were handed down as gems of oral art from generation to generation and constitute a necessary repertoire of every ashik. A famous qushma, titled Violet, starts as the following: