AZERBAIJAN LITERATURE POSTCALASSICAL PERIOD
Shirvani, Khaqani (1121-1199) THE CHRISTIAN QASIDA –THE GIFT FROM TWO IRAQS / TUHFAT AL-‘IRAQAYN Ganjevi, Nizami (1141–1209) TREASURY OF MYSTERIES -KHUSRAW AND SHIRIN -LAYLI AND MAJNUN (1192) -THE BOOK OF ALEXANDER (1194) -THE SEVEN BEAUTIES (1197)
EARLY MODERN PERIOD
Firişteoğlu, Abdülmecid (d. after 1459–60) DIVINE BOOK OF LOVE/IŞKNÂME-I ILÂH) -Refîʿî BEŞÂRETNÂME and GENCNÂME Esmail, Shah (1487-1524) DAHNAMA - Hatefi (1454-1521) BOOK OF KINGS - EPIC OF KOROGHLU
19TH CENTURY PoetryZakir, Kasim Bey (c. 1784-1857) POEMS OF COMPLAINT/SHEKAYAT-NAMEH -
Natavan, Khurshidbanu (1832-1897) QUATRAINS/RUBAIS
Essay/Nonfictional Narrative Prose
Bakikhanov, Abbas Qoli Aqa (1794-1847) HEAVENLY GARDEN/GULISTAN-I IRAM
Drama
Akhundzadeh, Mirza Fath-Ali (1812-1878) STORY OF MONSIEUR JURDAN, THE BOTANICAL PROFESSOR, AND THE DRUNKEN DERVISH ALISHAH, THE FAMOUS SORCERER (1850)- THE STORY OF LANKARAN MINISTER (1850) - STORY OF ALCHEMIST MULLAH EBRAHIM KHALIL (1850)-STORY OF GHOLDORBASHAN BEAR (185) - STORY OF THE STINGY MAN (1852) - PLEADERS OF THE COURT (1855)
20TH CENTURY
Poetry
Mirza Alakbar Sabir/Alakbar Zeynalabdin oglu Tahirzadeh (1862-1911) HOP HOP NAMA (pub. posthumously in 1962)
Fiction
Kurban Said/Lev Nussimbaum (1905-1942) ALI AND NINO (1937) Lifewriting
Asadullayeva, Banine/Ummulbanu(1905-1992) DAYS IN THE CAUCASUS (1945)-DAYS IN PARIS (1947)-I CHOSE OPIUM (1959)