Baba Punhan, born Atababa Seyidali oglu Madatzadeh, was an Azerbaijani poet. He was called up for military service in 1968, which he served in Kiev. He was praised for popularising Azenglish in Azerbaijani literature. Throughout his career he composed numerous pieces of meykhana based on modern Azerbaijan. Baba Punhan published about 278 ghazals.