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Seyyed Mohammad Hossein Behjat Tabrizi (Persian: سید محمدحسین بهجت تبریزی) (1906 – September 18, 1988), mainly known by his pen name, Shahriar[needs Persian IPA] (About this sound listen), was a notable Iranian poet of Azerbaijani ethnicity, who wrote in Azerbaijani and Persian. His most important work Heydar Babaya Salam is considered to be the pinnacle in Azerbaijani literature which gained great popularity in the Turkic world and was translated to more than 30 languages.[1] Contents 1 Biography 2 Works 3 Death 4 References 5 External links Biography Mohammad Hossein Shahriar, was one of the first Azeris of Iran to write a significant collection of poetry in the Azeri language. Born in 1906 in Tabriz, one of the major cities in Iranian Azerbaijan, he received his elementary education, including the Divan of Hafez, under his father's supervision. Shahriar’s first formal education was at the Motahari (former Mansoor High School) Secondary School in Tabriz. He subsequently studied at the Dar-ol-Fonoun (former higher education school) in Tehran. Although he studied medicine in college, he dropped out just before getting his diploma and went to Khorasan, where he found a job as a notary public and bank clerk. He returned to Tehran in 1935 and started working in the Agricultural Bank of Iran. He also received an honorary degree from University of Tabriz in Literature. He initially published his poems under his given name, Behjat, but later chose the name Shahriar. He published his first book of poems in 1929. His poems are mainly influenced by Hafez, a famous Persian poet, and Khasta Qasim, an old Azeri poet. His most famous work in Azeri is Heydar Babaya Salam, published in 1954, which won immense affection from all Turkic countries such as Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Turkmenistan. Heydar Babaya Salam has been translated into more than 30 languages and numerous plays all over the world. Works This passionate poet began by composing tragic poetry. Many of his
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