Abstract:

Nizami Ganjavi’s poetic style… Nizami Ganjavi is one of the most important Persian poet of the twelfth century AD. He was self-possessed and had a broad-minded personality. He considered goodness and nobility as necessary for the elevation of character and the completion of personality. History of Persian is incomplete without Nizami Ganjavi. Nizami has written on epics, philosophy of love, and ethics. Great poets have imitated the five masnavis of Nizami, which are in different styles. In his five Masnavis, Makhzan Asrar, Khusrau Sharan, Laila Majnu, Haft Pekar, Sikandar Namah, each of them has a different poetic style. Nizami Ganjavi has a unique position in Persian poetry due to these poetic merits.

Keywords:

Nizami Ganjavi, Persian poet, Makhzan Asrar, Khusrau Sharan, Laila Majnu, Haft Pekar, Sikandar Namah.

Romanized References:

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