Who wrote the Khamsa?

Khamsa was written by Persian poet Nizami Ganjavi (c. 1141-1209 CE).

What are the five poems in the Khamsa of Nizami?

The five poems are: Makhzan al-Asrar (The Treasure House of Mysteries), Khosrow and Shirin, Layla and Majnun, Haft Peykar (Seven Beauties), and Eskandarnameh (also given as Iskandarnamah, The Book of Alexander).

Khamsa of Nizami

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Definition

Khamsa (also known as Quintet or Panj Ganj) is the best-known work of Nizami Ganjavi (c. 1141-1209 CE) and without a doubt one of the most prominent works of Persian literature. Written during the last decades of the 12th century CE, the Khamsa of Nizami contains five poems and approximately 30,000 couplets.

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Timeline

c. 1141 - 1209
Life of the Persian poet Nizami.