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Iran again calls Nizami "Iranian poet"

02 July 2006 [16:49] - TODAY.AZ
Azerbaijani poet Nizami Ganjavi's love stories of "Leyli ve Majnun" and "Khosrov ve Shirin" were translated into the Uzbek language.

According to the Mehr News Agency, Abbas-Ali Vafaii, Iran's cultural attache in Uzbekistan said Sunday that the books of the "Iranian poet" were translated by the Uzbek poet Alim Jan Buriev, edited by Muhammad Khan Muminov, and published by Al-Hoda Publications.

It's not the first time when Iran's officials try to pose Nizami as Iranian poet.

Nizami Ganjavi (1141-1209) lived and died in Ganja, an ancient city in Azerbaijan, where his mausoleum stands.

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