Nizami Ganjavi (Persian: ????? ?????; Kurdish: N顉am?Gencew? ?????? ?????????; Nezami-ye Ganjavi; Azerbaijani: Nizami G?nc?vi; ????? ?????;? 1141 to 1209) Nizami; whose formal name was Ni?am ad-Din Abu Mu?ammad Ilyas ibn-Yusuf ibn-Zakki; was a 12th-century Persian poet. Nezami is considered the greatest romantic epic poet in Persian literature; who brought a colloquial and realistic style to the Persian epic.

His heritage is widely appreciated and shared by Afghanistan; Azerbaijan; Iran; the Kurdistan region and Tajikistan.