{{Short description|Azerbaijani poet}} {{similar names|Aashiq Ali (disambiguation)}} {{Infobox musical artist | background = person | honorific_prefix = | name = Ashig Ali | honorific_suffix = | image = Ashiq Ali.jpg | image_upright = | image_size = | landscape = <!-- yes, if wide image, otherwise leave blank --> | alt = | caption = Ali's statue in Agstafa | native_name = {{Nobold|Aşıq Alı}} | native_name_lang = az | birth_name = <!-- leave empty if the same "name" --> | alias = | birth_date = {{Birth-date|1801}} | birth_place = Gizilvang, Erivan Khanate | death_date = {{Death year and age|1911|1801}} | death_place = Gizilveng, Basarkechar, Yeni Bayazid uezd, Erivan Governorate, Russian Empire | genre = | occupation = ashiq | instrument = saz | years_active = <!-- YYYY–YYYY (or –present) --> | label = | current_member_of = | past_member_of = | spouse = <!-- Use article title or common name --> | partner = <!-- (unmarried long-term partner) --> | website = <!-- {{URL|example.com}} or {{Official URL}} --> | module = | module2 = | module3 = }}
'''Ashig Ali''' ({{Langx|az-Arab|عاشق علی|link=yes}}, {{lang|az|Aşıq Alı}}, 1801–1911) was one of the representatives of 19th century Azerbaijani ashiq poetry.
== Biography == Ashig Ali was born in 1801 in Gizilveng village of Goycha District.<ref name="yeniazerbaycan">{{Cite web |title=Bir gün eşidərsiz, Alı da köçdü... |url=http://www.yeniazerbaycan.com/Sosial_e70367_az.html |access-date=2023-06-21 |website=Yeni Azərbaycan |language=en}}</ref> In several sources,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://archive.org/details/diplomat_32/page/n3/mode/2up?view=theater |title=Kürd xalqının tarixindəki səhifələr |date=May 15, 2006 |volume=32 |issue=7 |newspaper=Diplomat |language=az |page=5 }}</ref> including the writings of Farman Karimzade, Shamil Asgarov and Ali Amirov,<ref>{{cite book |first=Nazir |last=Əhmədli|year=2019 |title=Azərbaycan aşıqları və el şairləri (arxiv sənədləri ilə) |location=Bakı |publisher=Elm və təhsil |language=az |page=164 }}</ref> it is mentioned that he is a Kurd. According to Nazir Ahmadli, Ashig Ali was either a Kurdish or an Ayrum by origin.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://gunaz.az/cemiyyet/17721-ashiq-elesgeri-kurd-chixaran-nazirin-meqsedi-nedir.html |title=Aşıq Ələsgəri kürd çıxaran Nazirin məqsədi nədir? |date=July 25, 2017 |publisher=GünAz TV |access-date=2022-02-06 |archive-date=2022-02-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220206144852/http://gunaz.az/cemiyyet/17721-ashiq-elesgeri-kurd-chixaran-nazirin-meqsedi-nedir.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Researcher Mashallah Khudubeyli called these ideas "provocative" and added that Ashıg Ali was originally from Goycha.<ref>{{cite book |title=Mənim sazlı-sözlü dünyam |volume=III |language=az |first=Maşallah |last=Xudubəyli |publisher=Elm və təhsil nəşriyyatı |location=Bakı |year=2010 |page=76 }}</ref>
He started ashig music at the age of 16-17 and became famous in a short time. He had many students. The most famous of them is Ashig Alasgar, one of the well-known representatives of 19th century Azerbaijani ashig poetry.<ref name="goyce">{{Cite web |title=Aşıq Alı |url=http://goyce.az/news.php?id=72 |access-date=2023-06-21 |website=goyce.az |language=en}}</ref>
Ashig Ali wrote poems in such genres as garayli, qoshma, tajnis, divani, and mukhammas. All of Ashig Ali's poems have not yet been published as a collection, but individual poems have been published.<ref name="goyce"/>
He died in 1911 in the same village where he was born.<ref name="yeniazerbaycan"/>
== Ashig Ali-210 == On February 28, 2011, a jubilee concert dedicated to the 210th anniversary of the birth of Ashig Ali was held at the Heydar Aliyev Palace under the joint organization of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Azerbaijan Ashiqs Union.<ref name="goyce"/>
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Ali, Ashig}} Category:1801 births Category:1911 deaths Category:Azerbaijani men centenarians Category:Ashiks