in July 1987 The poet began by composing tragic poetry. Many of his bittersweet memories are reflected in his books Hazyan-e Del, Heydar Baba, and Mumiyai. Heydar Baba, composed in Azeri and later translated into Persian, was for a long time on the top ten best-seller list in
Tehran. Heydar Baba is the name of a mountain where the poet spent his childhood. He also wrote a book of epic poems, Takht-e Jamshid. The poem was broadcast via Radio to both the
Soviet Union and
Turkey, with Shahriar reciting it in both
Istanbul Turkish and Azerbaijani in two separate recordings that were disseminated. Shahriar's verse takes diverse forms, including lyrics, quatrains, couplets, odes, and elegies. One of his love poems, Hala Chera, was set to music by
Ruhollah Khaleqi. The composition for orchestra and solo voice became one of his most well-known works. One of the major reasons for the success of Shahriar's work is the sincerity of his words. Since he uses colloquial language in the context of poetry, his poems are understandable and effective for a broad segment of the public. Shahriar was a talented calligrapher who wrote his own copy of the Qur'an, played the
setar very well, and had a keen interest in music. He was a very close friend of the Persian musician and highly respected teacher, Abdolhossein Saba. ==Death==