Abstract
Nizami who lived in Ganja in the twelfth century is a famous Persian poet, whose masterpiece, the five Mathnavis, is known as Khamseh or Panj Ganj which means Quintet or Five Treasures. He is regarded as the greatest poet in the genre of the romantic epics of the Persian literature.His first epic Makhzan al-Asrar is a mystical poem which was composed in emulation of Sanai's Hadiqat al-Haqiqa. But he did not continue on this ascetic path, but he began to compose a romantic epic, because in the words of J. Rypka, a fundamental turning-point occurred in his life—he experienced true love, its ecstacy and also, within a short time, its sorrow.His second epic is Khusrau u Shirin, which is based on the famous love-story of the Sasanian emperor and his beloved Shirin. The subject of the third epic Laila u Majnun is not taken from ancient Persian history but from ancient Arabian world. This love-story is indeed similar to that of Romeo and Juliet and the theme of this epic has been very popular in Arabic, Persian and Turkish literatures.The fourth epic is Haft-Paikar which consists of the Persian stories belonging to the Sasanian period, especially to the reign of Bahram Gur and his seven beautiful queens. His last epic is Iskandar-Nameh which consists of Sharaf-Nameh and Iqbal-Nameh. The last poem is inferior to other epics, because it was written in his old age.Nizami's fame depends not only on five independent subjects but also on five different metre she used for his poems.
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