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1141–1202 · Persian poet

Also known as: Nezāmi, Ilyas ibn Yusuf Nizami o Nezami, Nesami, Nezami Ganjavi, Nisâmi, Nizami

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celebrated Layli and Majnun retelling, full of passionate, mystical lovesickness (AI reason)
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