ABOUT AHMAD JAVAD
Azerbaijani poet best known for writing the lyrics to his country's national anthem.
He spent his childhood studying Turkish, Persian, and Arabic.
His 1925 publication of a political poem entitled "Goygol" resulted in his arrest.
He was raised in the small village of Seyfali, Shamkir Rayon.
He and Rasul Rza were both prolific Azerbaijani poets.
