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| | Fuzuli: Ottoman master of Diwan poetry |
 | | Fuzuli, the great exponent of the court or Divan school of Ottoman poetry, was born around 1494 in what was then part of the Safavid (Persian) Empire and is now northern Iraq. |
 | | His nome de plume means presumption /virtue/perfection, and Fuzuli was indeed an ambitious man, proud of his versatility in Azeri (a Turkish dialect), Arabic and Persian. |
 | | Fuzuli was only one of a galaxy of outstanding Divan poets, women included Baqi, Sultan Suleyman, Hayali, Tashcali Yahya Bey, Ruhi-i Baghdad, Naili, Nedim, Seyh Galip. |
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