[3] This play was considered one of the best examples of Nizamis poetic embodiment traditions in the Soviet literature.

[4] Samad Vurgun comprehensively studied the work of Nizami Ganjavi and embodied the theme of his poem in his play.

Unlike Nizami, Vurgun, as Babayev notes, Farhad and Khosrov are not rivals, they are enemies.

In contrast to the traditions of the classical literature of the East, in which a woman was portrayed only as an object of love, in the play of Samad Vurgun, Shirin is shown more active, strong-willed and independent.

The Soviet literary critic Arshaluis Arsharuni considers this interpretation of the image to be historically justified.