Aliagha Vahid

Aligha Vahid
Əliağa Vahid
Born(1895-02-17)17 February 1895
Masazyr, Baku uezd, Baku Governorate, Caucasus Viceroyalty, Russian Empire
Died1 October 1965(1965-10-01) (aged 70)
Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, Soviet Union
OccupationPoet, Ghazal Singer
Nationality Azerbaijani
Literary movementGazal
Notable worksMollakhana

Aliagha Mammadgulu oghlu Isgandarov (Azerbaijani: Əliağa Məmmədqulu oğlu İsgəndərov; 17 February 1895, in Baku – 1 October 1965, in Baku), was an Azerbaijani poet and Honoured Artist of the Azerbaijan SSR (1943). He was known for reintroducing medieval ghazal style in Soviet Azerbaijani poetry.