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Nizami Ganjavi (Persian: نظامی گنجوی, romanized: Niẓāmī Ganjavī, lit. 'Niẓāmī of Ganja'; c. 1141 – 1209), Nizami Ganje'i, Nizami, or Nezāmi, whose formal name was Jamal ad-Dīn Abū Muḥammad Ilyās ibn-Yūsuf ibn-Zakkī, was a 12th-century Muslim poet.
Nizami Ganjavi became famous for his five poems which entered the world literature under the name of Khamse ("Pentalogue"). These poems displayed not only Nizami's high mastery of poetry, but also his philosophic, easthetic and ethic views.
May 15, 2023 · Khamsa (also known as Quintet or Panj Ganj) is the best-known work of Nizami Ganjavi (c. 1141-1209 CE) and without a doubt one of the most prominent works of Persian literature. Written during the last decades of the 12th century CE, the Khamsa of Nizami contains five poems and approximately 30,000 couplets.
Neẓāmī (born c. 1141, Ganja, Seljuq empire [now Ganca, Azerbaijan]—died 1209, Ganja) was the greatest romantic epic poet in Persian literature, who brought a colloquial and realistic style to the Persian epic. Little is known of Neẓāmī’s life.
The Khamsa (Persian: خمسه, 'Quintet' or 'Quinary', from Arabic) or Panj Ganj (Persian: پنج گنج, 'Five Treasures') is the main and best known work of Nizami Ganjavi.
Mar 18, 2017 · Nizami Ganjavi is the greatest representative of the Eastern Renaissance, who born in the XII century in sunny Azerbaijan & represented of world literature and philosophy in his immortal work “Khamsa” via the aesthetic power of his art.
Learn about Nizami Ganjavi (1140–1202), one of the giants of the Persian literary tradition, who wrote narrative poems that include heroic, romantic, and spiritual dimensions. Explore his life, works, and influence with this chapter from The Poetry of Nizami Ganjavi: Knowledge, Love, and Rhetoric.
