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50 Manat Məhəmməd Füzuli
| Issuer | National Bank of Azerbaijan |
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| Year | 1996 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse description | A narrative scene inspired by the celebrated epic poem 'Leyli and Majnun' by Məhəmməd Füzuli, depicting a stricken figure reclining in the lap of a seated woman within a landscape setting, accompanied by a deer in the field. The composition is rendered in high relief against a polished background, with the denomination and state name inscribed in the surrounding legend. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Issued in the first years after Azerbaijan declared independence from the Soviet Union in 1991, this coin honors Məhəmməd Füzuli, the 16th-century poet who wrote primarily in Azerbaijani, Persian, and Arabic and is considered foundational to Azerbaijani literary identity. The National Bank's early commemorative program was partly a deliberate act of cultural assertion — establishing a distinct national heritage at a moment when the new state was simultaneously fighting the First Nagorno-Karabakh War.
Füzuli spent most of his life in Ottoman-controlled Iraq, dying in Karbala around 1556, likely from plague.