p. 10: "The Persian legend of Alexander the Great seems to overshadow all of the other fantastic Alexander stories not only in the tale of the successful accomplishment of many a "mission-impossible" but especially concerning the nature of his career. Iran Lit., pp. "From culinary recipe to pharmacological secret for a successful wedding night: the scientific background of two images related to fruit in the Xamse of Nezâmi Ganjavi". (1978), “Eskandar nāma”, Encyclopaedia of Islam, New Ed., vol. Restaurants near Nizami Ganjavi Statue: (0.07 km) Dvor Cafe (0.14 km) Kalinka (0.14 km) Empress Hall (0.14 km) Planeta Kosmos (0.14 km) Subway; View all restaurants near Nizami Ganjavi Statue on Tripadvisor $ List of Baku metro stations; References This Azerbaijan-related article is a stub. He makes him the image of the Iranian "knight", peace-loving and moderate, courteous and always ready for any noble action. Dr. Lalita Sinha (Universiti Sains Malaysia, Senior Lecturer in Comparative Literature and Comparative Religion). [17] Tazkerehs, which are the compilations of literary memoirs that include maxims of the great poets along with biographical information and commentary of styles refer to him briefly. The Nizami Mausoleum (Azerbaijani), built in honor of the 12th-century poet Nizami Ganjavi, stands just outside the city of Ganja, We visited the city of Ganja and went to see the Nizami Mausoleum. Nizami Ganjavi (Persian: نظامی گنجوی ‎, romanized: Niẓāmī Ganjavī, lit. "Layli and Majnun: Love, Madness and Mystic Longing", Brill Studies in Middle Eastern literature, Jun 2003. p. 276. Nezami was a master of the Masnavi style (double-rhymed verses). | Jun 1, 1975 4.5 out of 5 stars 14 "The Poetry of Nizami Ganjavi: Knowledge, Love, and Rhetortics", New York, 2001. p. 2: "His father, Yusuf and mother, A) V.Minorsky: "review of G. H. Darab translation of Makhzan al-Asrar" 1945 Minorsky, BSOAS., 1948, xii/2, 441–5):"Whether Nizami was born in Qom or in Ganja is not quite clear. Páx. Online Version: Chelkowski, P. "Nizami Gandjawi, jamal al-Din Abu Muhammad Ilyas b. Yusuf b. Zaki Muayyad . Layla dies out of grief and is buried in her bridal dress. The verse (quoted on p. 14): "I am lost as a pearl in the sea of Ganja, yet I am from the Qohestan of the city of Qom ", does not expressly mean that he was born in Qom. One of the districts of Baku is called Nizami raion. ‘external’ to the main centers of power. Bahram Gur discovers that the affairs of Persia are in disarray, the treasury is empty and the neighboring rulers are posed to invade. (LOND. You must become a dust upon the feet of everyone in order to reach your (spiritual perfection) goal” Nizami Ganjavi International Center is a cultural, non-profit, non-political organization dedicated to the memory of great Azerbaijani poet, Nizami Ganjavi and to the study and dissemination of his works with a mission to build a dialogue and understanding between cultures and peoples for building functional and inclusive societies. Nizami Ganjavi (persisk: نظامی گنجوی) var en persisk digter i det 12. århundrede. : páx. Segundo Iraj Bashiri, ela foi a esposa "máis amada" de Nizami. Neẓāmī, in full Elyās Yūsof Neẓāmī Ganjavī, Neẓāmī also spelled Niẓāmī, (born c. 1141, Ganja, Seljuq empire [now Ganca, Azerbaijan]—died 1209, Ganja), greatest romantic epic poet in Persian literature, who brought a colloquial and realistic style to the Persian epic.. Little is known of Neẓāmī’s life. Writing. Dr. Ali Asghar Seyed Gohrab. This too, became in time, a form of Persian national self definition. Arthur Probsthain, 1945). Layla's father forbids contact with Qays and Qays becomes obsessed and starts signing of his love for Layla in public. ], Wilson, Charles Edward, London: Probsthain. In 2004, there was a conference on Nezami organized in the University of Cambridge. [3] The general message of the discourse is that Nezami preaches the ideal way of life drawing attention to his reader of the supreme rank man among God's creatures and approaching of the end life and the necessity of man becoming aware of his spiritual destination. Excerpt: "The school, which begins with Qatran (d. 1072), formed a well defined group of teachers and pupils of whom two, Khaqani and Nezami, were to exert a lasting development of their respective genre: Khaqani being the greatest exponent of the qasida and Nezami the most brilliant writer of romantic epics". In "Haft Peykar" (Seven Beauties), he also mentions and advises his son about taking more responsibility as the father was growing more frail. As outras dúas esposas de Nizami faleceron prematuramente, coincidindo coa finalización dunha obra épica, o que fixo dicir ao poeta: "Deus, por que cada para cada masnavi teño que sacrificar unha esposa!".[23]. literature has been enormous and the Khamseh became a pattern that was emulated in later Persian poetry (and also in other Islamic literatures). C. A. p. 17: "In the case of previous romances of Khosraw and Bahram, Nizami dealt with national Iranian heroes, though from pre-Islamic times. Some sources have stated that his father might be possibly from Qom. [39][5][40] Nezami acknowledges this but considers his work to be superior. The life of Nizami Ganjavi is shown in the Azerbaijani movie "Nizami" (1982), in which the leading role, role of Nizami Ganjavi, was played by Muslim Magomayev. The thwarted lovers meet for the last time before their deaths. Monuments to Nezami are found in many cities of Azerbaijan and Iran, as well as in Moscow, St. Petersburg and Udmurtiya (Russia), Kyiv (Ukraine), Beijing (China), Tashkent (Uzbekistan), Marneuli (Georgia), Chişinău (Moldova), Rome (Italy). The story of Vis and Ramin also had an immense influence on Nezami. Nezami's concern with astrology also has a precedent in an elaborate astrological description of the night sky in Vis and Ramin. [44] The story chosen by Nezami, was commissioned and dedicated to the Seljuk Sultan Toghril II, the Atabek Muhammad ibn Eldiguz Jahan Pahlavan and his brother Qizil Arslan. Khosrow and Shirin, Bahram-e Gur, and Alexander the Great, who all have episodes devoted to them in Ferdowsi's Shahnameh,[11] appear again here at the center of three of four of Nezami's narrative poems. This school produced a distinctive style of poetry in Persian, which contrasted with "Khurasani" ("Eastern") style in its rhetorical sophistication, its innovative use of metaphor, its use of technical terminology and Christian imagery, the presence of Persian[35] archaism while borrowing from Arabic vocabulary, as well as new concepts. [27] A comprehensive analysis in English containing partial translations of Nezami's romance Layla and Majnun examining key themes such as chastity, constancy and suffering through an analysis of the main characters was recently accomplished by Ali Asghar Seyed-Gohrab. Strangely enough, Nezami's two other wives, too, died prematurely – the death of each coinciding with the completion of an epic, prompting the poet to say, "God, why is it that for every mathnavi I must sacrifice a wife!". The architect tells him that each of the seven climes is ruled by one of the seven planets (classical planetary system of Zoroastrian-Islamic world) and advises him to assure good fortune by adorning each dome with the color that is associated with each clime and planet. Точки зрения, что Низами персидский поэт, и сегодня придерживаются ученые многих стран, в первую очередь — Ирана.". Nezami was depicted on the obverse of the Azerbaijani 500 manat banknote of 1993–2006. [17], According to Professor Chelkowski: It seems that Nezami's favorite pastime was reading Firdawsi's monumental epic Shahnameh (The book of Kings). Yet in goblet [glass] beside us – only muddy setting.". The first monumental work of Nezami, the Makhzan al-Asrar is influenced by Sanai's "Hadikat al-Hakika". Nizami Gəncəvi (Baku Metro) • By collecting information from both secular and mystical sources about Majnun, Nizami portrayed such a vivid picture of this legendary lover that all subsequent poets were inspired by him, many of them imitated him and wrote their own versions of the romance. Bahram then goes hunting for the last time but mysteriously disappears. Many place-names composed with Kurd are found on both banks of the Kur", Barazat Zanjani. excerpt: "“On the other hand he enriched the romantic mathnawi by using imagery of lyric poetry to the full, treating it with all the rhetorical ingenuity characteristic of the 'Iraqi style”". A gentle, highly gifted spirit, who, when Ferdowsi had completed the collected heroic traditions, chose for the material of his poems the sweetest encounters of the deepest love. One of the districts of Baku is called Nizami raion. The Museum of Azerbaijan literature in Baku is named after Nizami. 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. RAS [status. It is a tall cylindrical building, surrounded by gardens. His first wife was a Kipchak slave girl which was sent to him by Fakhr al-Din Bahramshah, the ruler of Darband, as part of a larger gift. This was especially true in Ganjeh, the Caucasian outpost town where Nizami lived." Depiction of Nezami's "Bahram and the Indian Princess in the Black Pavilion", Khamsa, mid-16th century Safavid era. About Nezami's prodigious learning there is no doubt. Among the many statues in Baku the one dedicated to Nizami Ganjavi is extraordinary because of the great pride the Azeri take in the man as one of them and author of most influential texts such as Leyla ve Mejnoun. [30] Their works reflect the cultural and linguistic diversity of the region. Domenico Parrello, "ḴAMSA OF NEẒĀMI" in Encyclopaedia Iranica. Someone dreams that in Paradise they are united and live as a king and queen. En parte da mesma obra[20] tense considerado a palabra Mu'ayyad como un título de Zakki,[3] mentres outros estudosos o interpretan como o nome do seu bisavó. Or I was a nobody, and no one opened the door for a Nobody Vahid Dastgerdi seems to be the first writer to propose this name for Nezami's first wife, but Said Nafisi (at the same time) and a recent source have challenged this interpretation of the corresponding verse in Nezami's work and the assumption that Afaq was the real name of his wife [23][24] and have taken the Afaq in that verse to simply mean "horizon" rather than a proper name. On the other hand, Nizami's mother was of Kurdish origin, and this might point to Ganja where the Kurdish dynasty of Shaddad ruled down to AH. He dedicated his poems to various rulers of the region as was custom of that time for great poets, but avoided court life. Nizami Ganjavi is a Baku Metro station. At this hour, nobody opens door for anybody [47] Realizing that cannot obtain union even when other people intercede for him, he leaves society and roams naked in the desert among the beasts. This page was last edited on 19 January 2021, at 23:01. The life of Nizami Ganjavi is shown in the Azerbaijani movie "Nizami" (1982), in which the leading role, role of Nizami Ganjavi, was played by Muslim Magomayev. 4:127–129. [11] They are eventually married, but eventually Khosrow is killed by his son and Shirin commits suicide over the body of her murdered husband.