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      • The story was based on the real life of the Persian prince Khosrow and the Armenian princess Shirin, who lived in the 6th century AD.
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      Before Romeo and Juliet there was Khosrow and Shirin

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  3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Khosrow_and_ShirinKhosrow and Shirin - Wikipedia

    Shirin, however, does not agree to marry Khosrow; unless Khosrow first claims his country back from Bahrām Chobin. Thus, Khosrow leaves Shirin in Armenia and goes to Constantinople . The Caesar agrees to assist him against Bahrām Chobin on condition that he marry his daughter Mariam.

  4. www.tehrantimes.com › news › 462542Classical love story Khosrow and Shirin adapted for modern ...

    Jun 28, 2021 · With complete artistic and structural unity, the epic of Khosrow and Shirin turned out to be a turning point not only for Nezami, but also for all Persian literature. The story of pre-Islamic Persian origin, which is found in the great epic-historical poems of the Shahnameh, is based on a true story that was further romanticized by Persian poets.

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  6. studenttheses.universiteitleiden.nl › access › itemThe Noble Heroines: A feministic perspective on a Persian ...

    Khosrow and Shirin, the remarkable romantic Persian epic, is based on a true story which Ferdowsi has already mentioned in his Shahnameh4. It contains about 6,500 couplets written with the form of mathnavi5 or rhyming couplets. Nezami’s romanticized story of Khosrow and Shirin exploits several genres simultaneously and has a very complex ...

  7. magepublishers.com › khosrow-and-shirinKhosrow and Shirin - Mage Publishers

    Jan 16, 2024 · Khosrow and Shirin is a love story by Nezami Ganjavi—considered the greatest medieval Persian romance poet—based on historical characters of the seventh-century Iranian court. Written 850 years ago, the narrative poem is presented here for the first time in a stunning modern-verse English translation by Dick Davis, the pre-eminent ...

  8. www.peopleofar.com › 2015/11/08 › before-romeo-andBefore Romeo and Juliet there was Khosrow and Shirin

    Nov 8, 2015 · The story was based on the real life of the Persian prince Khosrow and the Armenian princess Shirin, who lived in the 6th century AD. Shirin was an Armenian princess who became the wife of the Sassanid Persian king Khosrow Parviz.

  9. www.reddit.com › r › armeniaKhosrow and Shirin — the famous Persian love poet by Nezami ...

    Khosrow and Shirin (Persian: خسرو و شیرین‎) is the title of a famous tragic romance by the Persian poet Nizami Ganjavi (1141–1209), who also wrote Layla and Majnun. It tells a highly elaborated fictional version of the story of the love of the Sasanian king Khosrow II for the Armenian princess Shirin, who becomes queen of Persia.

  10. www.washingtonpost.com › books › 2024/02/09A new look at medieval Persian romantic epic Khosrow and ...

    Feb 9, 2024 · The medieval Persian epic ‘Khosrow and Shirin’ is a rich and gloriously excessive love story. 7 min. Review by Michael Dirda. February 9, 2024 at 10:00 a.m. EST. Obstacles, prohibitions,...