Nizami's Successor the Life and Work of Khaju Kirmani
Abstract
There is a rich history of studying the life and literary heritage of Khaju Kirmani, a talented follower of the art of the great Azerbaijani poet Nizami Ganjavi. The initial information about Kirmani's life and work was provided by medieval chroniclers. Hamdullah Mustafa Qazvini, Dovlyatshah Samarkandi, Alisher Navoi, Molla Abdunnabi Fakhr az-Zamani Qaznavi and others have significant information about the life and personality of Khaju Kirmani. In world oriental studies, there are significant studies by scholars such as C.Rye, P.Khammer, F.Erdman, Schaefer, Pitsey, E.Braun, A.Krymsky, Y.E.Bertels, Y.Ripka, Z.Safa, M.Moin, A.S.Khansari, S.Nafisi, K.Ayni, S.N.Kirmani, F.Köprülü, N.Sayfiyev, H.Araslı, A.S.Levand, G.Aliyev, M.Kazimov, M.Mahammadi, B.Guliyeva and others on various problems related to the life and work of Khaju Kirmani, who was the second to continue Nizami Ganjavi’s Khamsa in the 14th century after Amir Khosrov Dahlevi.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Turkish Literature and Culture
Historical
Literary
and Cultural Studies
Islamic Thought and Society Studies
Publication details
- Journal / source
- SCIENTIFIC WORK
- Volume
- 20
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 8–14
- Publication date
- 22 February 2026
- Language
- EN