The Azerbaijani literary canon is dominated by the foundational figure of Nizami Ganjavi, despite the fact that most international scholars consider him to belong to the Persian tradition as one the the most striking exemplars of romantic epic poetry of 12th-century Iran. His formal name was Jamal ad-Dīn Abū Muḥammad Ilyās ibn-Yūsuf ibn-Zakkī; he was born c. 1141, most likely in Ganja, which was then in
The Azerbaijani literary canon is dominated by the foundational figure of Nizami Ganjavi, despite the fact that most international scholars consider him to belong to the Persian tradition as one the the most striking exemplars of romantic epic poetry of 12th-century Iran. His formal name was Jamal ad-Dīn Abū Muḥammad Ilyās ibn-Yūsuf ibn-Zakkī; he was born c. 1141, most likely in Ganja, which was then in
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