Khamsa of Nizami

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Persian literary work epic poetry collection poetic cycle

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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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Khamsa	2
Layli o Majnun	1
Nizami's Khamsa	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Persian literary work ⓘ epic poetry collection ⓘ poetic cycle ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Five Treasures NERFINISHED ⓘ Panj Ganj NERFINISHED ⓘ
author	Nizami Ganjavi NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Persia NERFINISHED ⓘ
dateOfComposition	12th century ⓘ
form	masnavi ⓘ
genre	didactic epic ⓘ romantic epic ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn	Azerbaijani literature NERFINISHED ⓘ Central Asian literature NERFINISHED ⓘ South Asian Persianate culture ⓘ
hasPart	Eskandar-nama NERFINISHED ⓘ Haft Paykar NERFINISHED ⓘ Iskandarnama NERFINISHED ⓘ Khosrow and Shirin NERFINISHED ⓘ Layla and Majnun NERFINISHED ⓘ Makhzan al-Asrar NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ 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 NERFINISHED ⓘ Safavid illustrated manuscripts NERFINISHED ⓘ Timurid illustrated manuscripts ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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

Persian miniature painting → associatedText → Khamsa of Nizami ⓘ

Nizami Ganjavi → notableWork → Khamsa of Nizami ⓘ

this entity surface form: Khamsa

Nizami Ganjavi → notableWork → Khamsa of Nizami ⓘ

this entity surface form: Layli o Majnun

Ali-Shir Nava'i → notableWork → Khamsa of Nizami ⓘ

this entity surface form: Khamsa

Khosrow and Shirin → partOf → Khamsa of Nizami ⓘ

Khosrow and Shirin → partOfSeries → Khamsa of Nizami ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nizami's Khamsa