Ashig Alasgar

Due to the financial difficulties in his family, Alasgar was obliged to work on the farm of a rich landowner, Karbalayi Gurban when he was 14.

From his childhood, Alasgar was a careful listener and he very passionately participated in most events in his village due to his strong memory and story-telling ability, he could manage to memorize almost all ashiq stories (dastans) of that time.

His poetries in Gerayly, Qoshma, Mukhammas, Cighali Tecnis, Giphilbend genres have influenced ashigs' next-generation.

After a long term preparation, Alasgar had a chance to participate in a wedding ceremony in his village with Ashig Ali.

He actively participated in several wedding ceremonies and important events in Yerevan, Nakhchivan, Gazakh, Garabagh, Javanshir, Ganja, Kalbajar other regions.

After a year, his son Basir murdered the reeve of the village and escaped but instead, several people were arrested from Alasgar's family.

During the period of 1918-1919 conflict between Azerbaijanis and Armenians, Alasgar was forced to leave his motherland and migrated to live in Kalbajar and then to Tartar districts.

Grave of Ashig Alasgar in Aghkilse