Makhzan ol-Asrar
| Makhzan ol-Asrar | |
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| by Nizami Ganjavi | |
Miniature from an illustrated manuscript of Makhzan ol-Asrar, depicting a visit to a dervish | |
| Original title | مخزنالاسرار |
| Translator | Gholam H. Darab |
| Language | Persian |
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| Publication date | 12th century |
| Part of a series on |
| Nizami Ganjavi |
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| The Khamsa or Panj Ganj |
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Nizami Mausoleum • Nizami Museum of Azerbaijani Literature • Nizami Gəncəvi (Baku Metro) • in Ganja • in Baku • in Beijing • in Chișinău • in Rome • in Saint Petersburg • in Tashkent |
Makhzan ol-Asrar or Makhzan al-Asrar (Persian: مخزنالاسرار, lit. 'The treasury of mysteries') is a famous mathnawi poem by the Persian poet Nizami Ganjavi (1141–1209). It is the first of Nizami's five long poems known collectively as the Khamsa. It is a didactic and philosophical work consisting of about 2,250 Persian distichs. It was completed when Nizami was forty years old, and since then it has been considered one of the most important poetic and written works in Persian literature.