THE GENRE OF "MULAMMA" IN CLASSICAL PERSIAN LITERATURE AND THE ROLE OF THE AZERBAIJANI LANGUAGE

The mulamma genre occupies a special place in classical poetry as a poetic expression of multilingualism and intercultural dialogue. Through this genre, poets not only demonstrated their aesthetic abilities and linguistic skills, but also built bridges between different languages and literary traditions. In this context, poets such as Qasim Anvar, Saib Tabrizi, Nabati, Heyran Khanum, Imadaddin Nasimi, Muhammad Fuzuli, Jalal al-Din Rumi, Afzaladdin Khaghani, and others combined the poetic potential of both Azerbaijani Turkish and Persian through their mulamma-style poems, creating a unique cultural synthesis. The inclusion of Turkish lines, expressions, or even full sentences within a Persian-language context is not coincidental. It stems from the poets' inner spiritual need to express themselves more sincerely, profoundly, and artistically in their mother tongue. Leading figures of classical Azerbaijani literature, by achieving harmony in language and style, not only enriched this particular poetic genre but also successfully introduced the expressive power of their native language into the structure of a dominant language (Persian). This stands as clear evidence of the influence of the Azerbaijani language on classical Persian literature and further strengthened the poetic position of the Turkic language within the regional literary space.