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Sikandarnama in Persian - an Old Printed Test

Nizami is among the greatest Persian authors, his Panj Ganj ('Five Treasures') all significant texts. Surprisingly, then, he is hardly known or read in English. Little of his work resembles the pithy, malleable verse of Omar Khayyam, Rumi, Sa'di, or Hafiz, easily taken out of context. Nizami's work is generally more substantial, in bulk if not necessarily meaning. One work that would seem of natural interest to a Western audience is the Sikandar Nama, The Book of Alexander the Great. Offering an unusual perspective on the life of Alexander the Great Nizami's work is both biography as well as philosophical tome, a massive work written in verse.