Nizami Ganjavi, Persian Poet(1141-1209)

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Just the Facts:

• Name: Jamal ad-Dīn Abū Muḥammad Ilyās ibn-Yūsuf ibn-Zakkī
• Known as: Nizami Ganjavi
• Birth: Unknown Date, 1141, Ganja, Azerbaijan
• Death: March 12, 1209, Ganja, Azerbaijan
• Language: Persian
• Who he was: Persian Muslim poet; Panj Ganj (The Five Jewels) or Khamsa, five long narrative poems

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