Ashiq Hossein, Iran

An Ashik (Azerbaijani: Aşıq, Turkish: Aşık, Persian: عاشیق‎, Armenian: Աշուղ, ashugh, Georgian: აშუღი, English: ashughi, Greek: ασίκης) is a mystic troubadour or travelling bard, in Turkey, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Armenia, and Iran、 who sings and plays the saz, a form of lute. Ashiks' songs are semi-improvised around common bases. The word Ashik derives from the Arabic word Asheq (عاشق), and means the "one who is in love." The Turkish term that Ashik superseded was ozan.[1] In the early armies of the Turks, as far back as that of Attila, the ruler was invariably accompanied by an ozan. The heroic poems, which they recited to the accompaniment of the kopuz, flattered the sensibilities of an entire people.[