Ganja : City of Nizami

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Тематические рубрики

• Regional Studies - Azerbaijan
• Niẓāmī Ganjavī, 1140 or 1141-1202 or 1203 - Homes and haunts
• Gäncä (Azerbaijan) - History

Аннотация

The history of Ganja is measured not by centuries but millennia, and archaeologists are still arguing how many of them there have been. But its fame comes not only from its respectable age but also from its abundance. The city has impressed travelers with the beauty of palaces and mosques, the luxury of their decoration, the grace of thework of Ganja's craftsmen, and the abundance of goods sold in the markets. The glory of writers and poets, scholars and philosophers, architects and warriors who lived in Ganja was even greater. The first among them is the great Nizami Ganjavi, whose immortal poems still delight people all over the world. This book is a story of a beautifulcity and its inhabitants, the past and present of Ganja