# Ali Mojuz

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{{Short description|Iranian poet}}
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{{Infobox writer
| name        = Ali Mojuz
| image       = Mirza Ali Mojuz.jpg
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| birth_date  = 1873
| birth_place =  [Shabestar](/source/Shabestar), [Iran](/source/Iran)
| occupation  = [Poet](/source/Poet)
| death_date  = 1934
| death_place = [Shahrud, Iran](/source/Shahrud%2C_Iran)
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| children     =
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'''Ali Mojuz''' or '''Mirza Ali Mojuz Shabestarti''' ({{langx|fa|معجز شبستری-}}, {{langx|az|Mirzə Əli Möcüz-میرزا علی معجز}}) was an [Iranian Azerbaijani](/source/Iranian_Azerbaijani) [poet](/source/poet). He chose to write in [Azeri Turkish](/source/Azeri_Turkish) instead of [Persian](/source/Persian_language), Iran's dominant language.<ref name="Hadi Sultran">{{cite book|last=Hadi|first=Sultan Qurraie|title=Modernity and Identity in Azeri Poetry: Mo'juz of Shabustar and the Iranian Constitutional Era |url=https://digital.lib.washington.edu/researchworks/handle/1773/6686|year=1997|publisher=UMI}}</ref>

He was born on March 29, 1873, in [Shabestar](/source/Shabestar), to a [merchant](/source/merchant) family. Mojuz left his birthplace at age 16 after his father's death. He joined his brothers in Istanbul who ran a [stationery](/source/stationery) business.<ref name="Hadi Sultran"/>  He later studied at a school of [theology](/source/theology). In 1889, he moved to [Turkey](/source/Turkey), where he published his first [poems](/source/poems). Mojuz returned to his [homeland](/source/homeland) in 1905.

Under the influence of [Azeri](/source/Azerbaijanis) [democratic](/source/democracy) literature, especially [Mirza Alakbar Sabir](/source/Mirza_Alakbar_Sabir), he wrote [satirical](/source/satirical) poetry. His main themes were the "disempowerment of the people" ("Motherland", "Every Day", etc.), his "struggle against the oppressors" and the "position of enslaved women" ("Unhappy Girl", etc.) Mojuz also praised [Vladimir Lenin](/source/Vladimir_Lenin) ("Lenin"), and was interested in the [October Revolution of 1917](/source/October_Revolution) ("Revolution breaks out", "Finally", etc.).

After the collapse of the government of Azerbaijan, Mohammad Reza Shah's reign over Iran (1941–79) included a very strict ban on the publication of Azeri works.<ref name=Kharazmi>{{cite book|last=Nasiru’ddin Tusi|title=Akhlaq-i Nasiri.|year=1957|publisher=Kharazmi Publishing}}</ref>  Mojuz turned to writing for recitation to illiterate, rural Azeris.{{sfn|Akhundzadeh|pp=249-251}}

His poetry was first published in 1945. A selection of his works entitled ''Mirzə Əli Möcüz: Seçilmiş Əsərləri'' (''Mirza Ali Mo’juz Selected Works'') in Tabriz. Two thousand copies sold out in “ten to fifteen days."{{sfn|Akhundzadeh|p=38}}

== Works ==

* Poetry, Baku, 1955
* In Russian. per. - Poems. [Pre. G. Mammadali], B., 1956, Proc.: An Anthology of Azerbaijani poetry, v. 2, Moscow, 1960, p.&nbsp;244-58

== Sources ==

* {{cite book|last=Akhundzadeh|title=Alifba-ye Jadid va Maktubat|pages=249–251 }}

== References ==
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== Links ==
{{Commons category|Mirza Ali Mojuz}}
* [http://gatchina3000.ru/great-soviet-encyclopedia/bse/077/410.htm  Ali Mojuz] in [Great Soviet Encyclopedia](/source/Great_Soviet_Encyclopedia)
* Omarova LA, Ali Mojuz Shabestarti, "Math. Azerb. SSR ", 1955, № 5
* Omarova L., Ali Mojuz Shabestarti, Baku, 1958.

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Category:20th-century Iranian poets
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Category:19th-century Iranian poets

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