Uzeyir Hajibeyli
Composer of the first opera in the Muslim East and founder of Azerbaijani classical music.
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Nizami Ganjavi
The 12th-century poet behind the Khamsa — born in Ganja and buried there.
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In brief
Nizami Ganjavi spent his life in Ganja. His five poems — the Treasury of Mysteries, Khosrow and Shirin, Layla and Majnun, the Seven Beauties and the Iskandarnameh — together form the Khamsa.
His plots passed into miniature painting, theatre, opera and film. Baku's central street, the literature museum and the mausoleum in Ganja all carry his name.
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On the site
- 01The KhamsaFive poems — plots and characters
- 02Language and textManuscripts, translations, editions
- 03MiniaturesHow the stories were illustrated
- 04The mausoleumThe monument in Ganja and its story
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