Gamar Sheyda

{{Infobox person

| name = Gamar Sheyda

| image = Gamar Sheyda.jpg

| birth_name = Qəmərnisə bəyim Ata xan qızı Əbraxanova

| birth_date = 1881

| birth_place = Shusha

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1933|04|15|1881}}

| death_place = Baku

| nationality = Azerbaijani

| occupation = Poet; playwright

}}

Gamar Sheyda ({{Langx|az|Qəmər bəyim Şeyda}}, {{Langx|ru|Гамэр-бейим Шейда}}) (1881–1933) was a poet and playwright from Azerbaijan.

Biography

Gamar Sheyda was born in Shusha in 1881 as Gamarnisa{{Cite web|url=http://www.gender-az.org/index_az.shtml?id_main=19&id_sub=70&id_sub_sub=62|title=Azerbaijan Gender Information Center|website=www.gender-az.org|access-date=2020-04-02}} to Ata Khan Abrakhanov (1827-1885) and Boyuk Khanum Javanshir (? - c.1910). Ata Khan died when his daughter was young and she was brought up by her older brother, Mohammed, who organised a teacher for his sister at home, and then later encouraged her to go to Shusha School for secondary education.{{Cite web|title="Məclisi-üns" ün yetirməsi: Qəmər bəyim Şeyda|url=http://medeniyyet.az/page/news/19257/Meclisiuns-un-yetirmesi:-Qemer-beyim-Seyda-.html|access-date=2020-04-02|website=medeniyyet.az|language=en}} As a teenager, she was presented to the poet Khurshidbanu Natavan at a Majlisi-uns (poetic assembly), who recognised her talent and gave her they nickname "Sheyda" which she adopted. Natavan's poetry was a strong influence on Sheyda.

Sheyda was married to Sadig bey Vazirov.{{Cite web|url=http://www.azerbaycanli.org/index.html?lang=aze&page=292&newsId=2309|title=Gamarbeyim Sheyda (1881-1938)|last=|first=|date=|website=www.azerbaycanli.org|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-04-02}}{{Dead link|date=May 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} They had six children: two sons - Bahadur bey and Nadir bey; four daughters - Leyla khanum, Sanuber khanum, Hamida khanum and Antiga khanum.

Sheyda died in Baku in 1933.{{Cite web|url=https://news.milli.az/culture/128986.html|title=Natəvanın "tələbəsi" Qəmər bəyim Şeyda...|date=2012-07-25|website=Milli.Az|language=az|access-date=2020-04-03}} It is reported that at her death Sheyda left many manuscripts, however only a few have survived.

Writing

Sheyda was a poet and was particularly well-known for writing ghazals. She was part of a wide poetic network in Azerbaijan and exchanged idea and poems with the writer Ziba Ardabili.

Sheyda also wrote plays and the manuscript of the "Flood of Oppression" ({{Langx|az|Zülmün Daşqını}}), written in 1918, is kept at the Institute of Manuscripts of the Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences, as well as a copy of her ghazal Agan Jany.

Legacy

Sheyda and other female poets from the Majilisi-uns group were chosen as inspiration for a project celebrating women from Azerbaijan in 2018.{{Cite web|url=https://m.zerkalo.az/skvoz-vremya/|title=Сквозь время -|date=2018-10-12|website=m.zerkalo.az|access-date=2020-04-03}} This exhibition was organised as part of the programme celebrating the centenary of the Republic of Azerbaijan.{{Cite web|url=http://azpress.az/index.php?lang=ru§ionid=news&id=83931|title=Кураторский проект - "Сквозь время" - +ФОТО (AZpress.AZ, Агдес Багирзаде)|website=azpress.az|access-date=2020-04-03}}