Khaqani (English spelling)

... Since the 10th century, Persian poets were limited to Central Asia and eastern Iran due to the territorial limits of their patron dynasties, but from the second half of the 11th century, as the power of the Seljuk Empire expanded, the area of ​​activity of Persian poets gradually spread throughout Iran. In particular, in the Azerbaijan region west of the Caspian Sea, a number of excellent poets emerged in the second half of the 12th century who competed with the Khorasanites. They were called the Azerbaijani school of poets, and they broke away from the "classical Khorasan style" to create a new "Iraqi style," making a great contribution to the development of Persian poetry. The representative poets of this school were the anthemic poet Khāqānī and the romantic epic poet Nizami, the latter of whom was the greatest poet who perfected the romantic epic poem, and composed the long romantic poem called the "Khamseh (pentalogy)" as his masterpiece. From the mid-12th century, mystical poetry (Sufi poetry) came to dominate Persian poetry along with anthemic and epic poetry. …

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Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…　10世紀以来ペルシア詩人の活躍地域は保護者たる王朝の版図の関係上，中央アジアからイラン東部に限られていたが，11世紀後半からセルジューク朝の勢力拡大に伴い，ペルシア詩人の活動地域もしだいにイラン全域に広がり，とくにカスピ海西方地域アゼルバイジャン地方では，12世紀後半にホラーサーン派詩人と覇を競う優れた詩人たちが輩出し，アゼルバイジャン派詩人と呼ばれ，〈古典ホラーサーン･スタイル〉を脱して新しい〈イラク･スタイル〉を生み，ペルシア詩の発展に多大の貢献をした。同派の代表的な詩人は頌詩詩人ハーカーニーKhāqānīと，ロマンス叙事詩人ニザーミーで，とくに後者はロマンス叙事詩を完成させた最高詩人で，代表作として《ハムセ(五部作)》と呼ばれる長編ロマンス詩を作詩した。　12世紀半ばから頌詩，叙事詩とともにペルシア詩の主流を占めるようになったのは神秘主義詩(スーフィー詩)である。…

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