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Nizami Ganjavi (Nizâmî-i Gencevî)

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Gender Male
Born Ganja
Azerbaijan
DiedGanja
Azerbaijan
Full nameJamal ad-Dīn Abū Muḥammad Ilyās ibn-Yūsuf ibn-Zakkī
NationalityAzerbaijani
Place of burialNizami Mausoleum, Ganja, Azerbaijan
Job Poet
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Nizami Ganjavi (Nizâmî-i Gencevî) Life story


Nizami Ganjavi, Nizami Ganje'i, Nizami, or Nezāmi, whose formal name was Jamal ad-Dīn Abū Muḥammad Ilyās ibn-Yūsuf ibn-Zakkī, was a 12th-century Persian Sunni Muslim poet. Nezāmi is considered the greatest romantic epic poet in Persian literature, who brought a colloquial and realistic style to the Persian epic.

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