Karabakh known as one of the ancient cultural places of Azerbaijan, literature and art flourished after the khanate period.The fact that Mullah Panah Vagif lived and worked in the Karabakh palace is an indication of the value that the khanate gave to the people of words and art. Along with the words and appreciation of art by the ruling circles, the creative spirit instilled in people by the miraculous nature of Karabakh created an unusual creative environment in Shusha. It is not accidental that our writers and thinkers such as Gasim bey Zakir, Baba bey Shakir, Mahammad bey Ashig, Natavan, Navvab, Fatma khanum Kamina, Abdurrahim bey Hagverdiyev, Najaf bey Vazirov, Yusif Vazir Chamanzaminli, Uzeyir Hajibeyli, Ahmad Agaoglu started Shush...

Professor Tahira Mammad

"Literary newspaper", 2020, November 16