Nizami Ganjavi

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Nizami Ganjavi was a 12th-century Persian poet renowned for his romantic epic masterpieces, especially the Khamsa (Quintet), which profoundly influenced Persian and wider Islamic literature.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Persian poet ⓘ
person ⓘ
poet ⓘ
writer ⓘ
birthDate c. 1141 ⓘ
burialPlace Nizami Mausoleum, Ganja ⓘ
centuryOfActivity 12th century ⓘ
countryOfBirth Seljuk Empire ⓘ
deathDate c. 1209 ⓘ
ethnicOrigin Persian ⓘ
fieldOfWork epic literature ⓘ
poetry ⓘ
romantic literature ⓘ
fullName Ilyas ibn Yusuf Nizami Ganjavi ⓘ
linked to: Nizami Ganjavi
genre didactic poetry ⓘ
masnavi ⓘ
romantic epic ⓘ
givenName Ilyas ⓘ
hasInfluenced Alisher Navoi ⓘ
linked to: Ali-Shir Nava'i

Amir Khusrow ⓘ
linked to: Amir Khusrau

Hafez ⓘ
Jami ⓘ
Persian miniature painting traditions ⓘ
hasPart Eskandar-nameh ⓘ
Haft Paykar ⓘ
Khosrow o Shirin ⓘ
linked to: Khosrow and Shirin

Layli o Majnun ⓘ
linked to: Leyli and Majnun

Makhzan al-Asrar ⓘ
influenced Chagatai literature ⓘ
Ottoman literature ⓘ
linked to: Turkish literature

Persian literature ⓘ
South Asian Persianate literature ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName Persian ⓘ
movement Persian classical literature ⓘ
nameInNativeLanguage نظامی گنجوی ⓘ
notableWork Eskandar-nameh ⓘ
Haft Paykar ⓘ
Khamsa ⓘ
linked to: Khamsa of Nizami

Khosrow o Shirin ⓘ
linked to: Khosrow and Shirin

Layli o Majnun ⓘ
linked to: Khamsa of Nizami

Makhzan al-Asrar ⓘ
placeOfBirth Ganja ⓘ
placeOfDeath Ganja ⓘ
regionOfActivity Azerbaijan ⓘ
Iran ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
writingForm epic poem ⓘ
masnavi couplets ⓘ
narrative poem ⓘ

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Persians → notableWriter → Nizami Ganjavi ⓘ
Ganja → notablePoetAssociated → Nizami Ganjavi ⓘ
Ganja → hasMausoleumOf → Nizami Ganjavi ⓘ
Fuzuli → influencedBy → Nizami Ganjavi ⓘ
Persian literature → hasNotableAuthor → Nizami Ganjavi ⓘ
Nizami Ganjavi → fullName → Ilyas ibn Yusuf Nizami Ganjavi ⓘ
linked to: Nizami Ganjavi
Persianate world → hasKeyAuthor → Nizami Ganjavi ⓘ
Shirin → associatedAuthor → Nizami Ganjavi ⓘ
Ali-Shir Nava'i → influencedBy → Nizami Ganjavi ⓘ
Persian art → importantTextualSource → Khamseh of Nizami ⓘ
linked to: Nizami Ganjavi
Khosrow and Shirin → author → Nizami Ganjavi ⓘ
Divan (Persian) → influencedBy → Nizami Ganjavi ⓘ
Iranian literature → notableAuthor → Nizami Ganjavi ⓘ
Islamic Iran → hasNotablePoet → Nizami Ganjavi ⓘ
Khamsa of Nizami → author → Nizami Ganjavi ⓘ
Makhzan al-Asrar → author → Nizami Ganjavi ⓘ
Haft Paykar → author → Nizami Ganjavi ⓘ
Eskandar-nameh → author → Nizami Ganjavi ⓘ
Nizami Mausoleum, Ganja → dedicatedTo → Nizami Ganjavi ⓘ
Nizami Mausoleum, Ganja → honors → Nizami Ganjavi ⓘ
Nizami Mausoleum, Ganja → namedAfter → Nizami Ganjavi ⓘ
Khwājū Kirmānī → influencedBy → Nizami Ganjavi ⓘ
Nizami District → namedAfter → Nizami Ganjavi ⓘ
Ganja, Azerbaijan → hasNotablePerson → Nizami Ganjavi ⓘ
Ganja → hasNotablePerson → Nizami Ganjavi ⓘ