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Qurbani, or was born in 1477 in Diri village (today this place is on the territory of Jabrayil District of Azerbaijan).
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He was a contemporary of Shah Ismail and may have served as the court musician. According to folk traditions, Qurbani became an ashik via divine intervention in a dream. In the same dream, he sees a big palace and a beautiful maiden in the garden.
The girl is also looking at him.
A Saint holds one hand of the girl. The second Saint holds the other and puts a love potion into the hand of the girl.
Qurbani opens his eyes while he is trying to embrace the girl, but realizes that it has all been a dream. Thus he falls in love with the maiden whose name was Perizat (Parliament).
This tradition is the basis of a famous ashik hikaye, known as "Qurbani and Parliament".
Were handed down as gems of oral art from generation to generation and constitute a necessary repertoire of every ashik. A famous qushma, titled Violet, starts as the following:.
