The Place of Molana Safi Tabrizi in Azarbaijan Elegiac Literature

Advent of religious literature in Iran dates back to old times. The Persian Language and Literature has had the themes on the love of the Ahl al-Bayt (AS). By recognition of Shia in Iran, the elegy on Imam Hussein was progressed unprecedentedly. Under the influence of the elegies written about the martyrs by Vaez Kashefi, the elegiac prose literature was expanded in Iran and the elegy in the poetry was culminated by composition of Mohtasham Kashani. The elegiac poetic literature was developed in Azarbaijan since late twelfth century of hegira by elegies of Mir Fatah Mousavi Maraghehi and it was exalted in thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. Molana Safi (1882-1929) was a pioneer in elegy in Azarbaijan. The Divan of Elegies has been published frequently as a unique divan since his death. This article has tried to investigate Safi Tabrizi place in Azarbaijan Elegies Literature.