Heydar Babaya Salam

Heydar babaya Salām ( Azerbaijani: حيدر بابايه سلام, Heydər babaya Salam, German " Hail, Heydar Baba ") is the best-known poetic work of Mohammad Hossein Shahriar ( Shahriyar ). The work was published in 1954 and deals with Shariyars childhood and the memories of his village Khoshginab near Tabriz, where he grew up. Heydar Baba is the name of a mountain, facing the village.

In Heydar babaya Salām Shahriyar shows a nostalgia for the simple life in the Iranian Azerbaijan before modernization. The poem reached great popularity especially in Turkey.