Nizami Ganjavi

  • Known for: Writer
  • Date of birth: 1141. January 1.
  • Place of birth: Ganja, Seljuk Empire [now Republic of Azerbaijan]

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 is considered ...

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