Khosrow and Shirin

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Persian poem narrative poem romantic epic poem

Khosrow and Shirin is a classic romantic epic poem by the Persian poet Nizami Ganjavi, recounting the legendary love story between the Sasanian king Khosrow II and the Armenian princess Shirin.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Khosrow o Shirin 3
"Khosrow and Shirin" 1
Khosrow and Shireen 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Persian poem ⓘ
narrative poem ⓘ
romantic epic poem ⓘ
adaptedAs films ⓘ
miniature painting cycles ⓘ
operas ⓘ
plays ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Khosrow and Shirin ⓘ
surface form: Khosrow and Shireen

Khosrow and Shirin ⓘ
surface form: Khosrow o Shirin

Khosrow and Shirin ⓘ
surface form: Khusraw and Shirin
author Nizami Ganjavi ⓘ
basedOn legend of Khosrow and Shirin ⓘ
chronologicalPositionInSeries second poem of the Khamsa ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Azerbaijan region ⓘ
surface form: Azerbaijan (historical region of Arran)
culturalOrigin Iranian culture ⓘ
depicts love story of Khosrow II and Shirin ⓘ
genre epic poetry ⓘ
romance ⓘ
hasCharacter Farhad ⓘ
Kay Khosrow ⓘ
surface form: Khosrow

Shirin ⓘ
heroineOrigin Armenian princess ⓘ
influenced Azerbaijani literature ⓘ
Mughal literature ⓘ
Turkish literature ⓘ
surface form: Ottoman literature

later Persian romantic epics ⓘ
language Persian ⓘ
literaryForm masnavi ⓘ
literaryMovement medieval Persian romance ⓘ
literaryTradition Persian literature ⓘ
mainCharacter Farhad ⓘ
Khosrow II ⓘ
Shirin ⓘ
metre rhyming couplets ⓘ
partOf Khamsa of Nizami ⓘ
partOfSeries Khamsa of Nizami ⓘ
surface form: Nizami's Khamsa
placeOfComposition Ganja ⓘ
protagonistOccupation Sasanian king ⓘ
protagonistTitle Khosrow II ⓘ
relatedWork Eskandar-nameh ⓘ
surface form: Eskandar-nama

Haft Paykar ⓘ
Leyli and Majnun ⓘ
surface form: Layla and Majnun

Makhzan al-Asrar ⓘ
settingPeriod Sasanian Empire ⓘ
theme loyalty ⓘ
romantic love ⓘ
sacrifice ⓘ
tragedy ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Persian literature → hasNotableWork → Khosrow and Shirin ⓘ
Nizami Ganjavi → notableWork → Khosrow and Shirin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Khosrow o Shirin
Nizami Ganjavi → hasPart → Khosrow and Shirin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Khosrow o Shirin
Shirin → associatedWork → Khosrow and Shirin ⓘ
this entity surface form: "Khosrow and Shirin"
Khosrow and Shirin → alsoKnownAs → Khosrow and Shirin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Khosrow o Shirin
Khosrow and Shirin → alsoKnownAs → Khosrow and Shirin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Khusraw and Shirin
Khosrow and Shirin → alsoKnownAs → Khosrow and Shirin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Khosrow and Shireen