Khamsa of Nizami

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The Khamsa of Nizami is a celebrated 12th-century Persian literary masterpiece comprising five romantic and didactic epic poems that became a central source of inspiration for later Persian art and miniature painting.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Persian literary work
epic poetry collection
poetic cycle
alsoKnownAs Five Treasures
Panj Ganj
author Nizami Ganjavi
countryOfOrigin Persia
dateOfComposition 12th century
form masnavi
genre didactic epic
romantic epic
hasInfluenceOn Azerbaijani literature
Central Asian literature
linked to: Chagatai literature

South Asian Persianate culture
hasPart Eskandar-nama
linked to: Eskandar-nameh

Haft Paykar
Iskandarnama
Khosrow and Shirin
Layla and Majnun
linked to: Leyli and Majnun

Makhzan al-Asrar
inCollection classical Persian epics
influenced Islamic manuscript illumination
Mughal miniature painting
Ottoman miniature painting
Persian miniature painting
later Persian poets
language Persian
literaryForm narrative poetry
literaryMovement Persian romantic epic tradition
literaryTradition Persian literature
mainTheme ethics
kingship
love
mysticism
meter rhymed couplets
numberOfParts 5
period medieval Persian literature
script Persian script
setting Arabian desert
linked to: Arabian Desert

legendary realms
pre-Islamic Iran
significance canonical work of classical Persian poetry
major source for illustrated manuscripts
style highly ornate poetic diction
subjectOf Persian miniature cycles
Safavid illustrated manuscripts
linked to: Safavid art

Timurid illustrated manuscripts

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Persian miniature painting associatedText Khamsa of Nizami
Nizami Ganjavi notableWork Khamsa
linked to: Khamsa of Nizami
Nizami Ganjavi notableWork Layli o Majnun
linked to: Khamsa of Nizami
Ali-Shir Nava'i notableWork Khamsa
linked to: Khamsa of Nizami
Khosrow and Shirin partOf Khamsa of Nizami
Khosrow and Shirin partOfSeries Nizami's Khamsa
linked to: Khamsa of Nizami
Makhzan al-Asrar partOf Khamsa of Nizami
Haft Paykar partOf Khamsa of Nizami
Eskandar-nameh partOf Khamsa of Nizami
Chagatai literature hasKeyWork Khamsa
linked to: Khamsa of Nizami
Nizami Mausoleum, Ganja associatedWith Nizami Ganjavi’s Khamsa
linked to: Khamsa of Nizami
Zulaykha associatedWork Yusuf and Zulaykha by Nizami (attributed in some traditions)
linked to: Khamsa of Nizami
Persian writing tradition notableWork Khamsa of Nizami manuscripts
linked to: Khamsa of Nizami