Layla and Majnun, also known as The Madman and Layla ??in Arabic ???? ?堿??? (Majnun and Layla) or ??堻 ????? (Qays and Layla), in Persian: ???? ? ?堿??? (Leyli o Majnun), Leyla ile Mecnun in Turkish, ???塈 ?堿?? (lail? majan贖) in Urdu and Bengali ??is a classical Arab story, popularized by Persian poet Nizami Ganjavi's masterpiece, Layli o Majnun.

It is based on the real story of a young man called Majnun during the Umayyad era in the 7th century when Arabs defeated Persia and Ctesiphon was destroyed. In one version, he spent his youth together with Layla, tending their flocks. In another version, upon seeing Layla he fell passionately in love with her. In both versions, however, he went mad when her father prevented him from marrying her