Back هفت بيكر Arabic Yeddi gözəl Azerbaijani یئددی گؤزل AZB Ете гүзәл (Низами) Bashkir Хафт пейкар Bulgarian Sieben Schönheiten (Epos) German Las siete bellezas (poema) Spanish هفتپیکر Persian Les Sept Beautés French هفتپیکر MZN
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 Bahram sees the portraits of the seven beauties. Behzad School, 1479. Nizami Museum of Azerbaijani Literature, Baku | |
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Haft Peykar (Persian: هفت پیکر),[a] also known as Bahramnameh (بهرامنامه,[b] The Book of Bahram, referring to the Sasanian emperor Bahram V), is a romantic epic poem by Persian poet Nizami Ganjavi, written in 1197. This poem is one of his five works known collectively as Khamsa ("Quintet").
The title Haft Peykar can be translated literally as "Seven Portraits", with the figurative meaning "Seven Beauties". Both translations are meaningful, and the poet probably made use of this ambiguity intentionally.[clarification needed] The poem was dedicated to the Ahmadili ruler of Maragheh, Ala-al-Din Korpe Arslan bin Aq-Sonqor.[1] Iranologist François de Blois writes, "Nezami’s Haft peykar is a masterpiece of erotic literature, but it is also a profoundly moralistic work."[1]
Around the time Haft Peykar was written, there were various styles in which Persian lyric poetry was presented and written.[2] The style found in Haft Peykar is that of epic literature, where characters change moods and express complex feelings in heroic tales. In this case, the poem's protagonist is searching for some sort of spiritual resolution.[2]
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- ^ a b De Blois, François (2002). "Haft Peykar". In Yarshater, Ehsan (ed.). Encyclopædia Iranica. Vol. XI/5: Hadith II–Ḥājj Sayyāḥ (Online ed.). Encyclopædia Iranica Foundation. pp. 522–524. Retrieved 28 January 2025.
- ^ a b Grabar, Oleg (2000). Mostly Miniatures: an introduction to Persian painting. New Jersey: Princeton University Press. pp. 104–105. ISBN 0691049416.