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Iran / Persia: Khusrau in Front of the Palace of Shirin, from 'Khusrau and Shirin, by Nizami Ganjavi, 1177-1180

Iran / Persia: Khusrau in Front of the Palace of Shirin, from 'Khusrau and Shirin, by Nizami Ganjavi, 1177-1180

Nizami Ganjavi (Persian: نظامی گنجوی; Kurdish: Nîzamî Gencewî, نیزامی گه‌نجه‌وی, Nezāmi-ye Ganjavi; Azerbaijani: Nizami Gəncəvi, نظامی گنجوی;‎ 1141 to 1209) Nizami, whose formal name was Niẓām ad-Dīn Abū Muḥammad Ilyās ibn-Yūsuf ibn-Zakkī, was a 12th-century Persian poet. Nezāmi is considered the greatest romantic epic poet in Persian literature, who brought a colloquial and realistic style to the Persian epic.

His heritage is widely appreciated and shared by Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, the Kurdistan region and Tajikistan.