Nizami Ganjavi about his contemporaries

Abstract

The facts stated by the great Azerbaijani poet Nizami Ganjavi about the sultans and poets
of his time are a rich source of information for studying his life. We intend to include in the scope
of our research this information and questions that have so far been little or not studied at all.
Researchers, first of all, noted the friendship of the poet with Khagani Shirvani. At one time, Said
Nafisi included the famous poem dedicated to the death of the poet Khagani in the Diwan of Nizami
Ganjavi published in Iran.
As you know, most of the Persian Divan of Nizami was lost, and the Turkish Divan of the poet was
completely destroyed. The appearance of the poets who wrote under the pseudonym "Nizami" was
associated with the great glory and genius of the poet and his unattainable skill. Poets strove to be
like Nizami. In the Middle Ages, dozens of examples copied from Nizami's Divan were found in
the Divans of many poets. The article contains a number of important facts about poets and sultans – contemporaries of
Nizami Ganjavi.