The Khamsa by Nizami was printed in a new format on
the occasion of the 870th jubilee of
great Azerbaijani poet and thinker Nizami Ganjavi with support from the
Heydar Aliyev Foundation, the Ministry of Tourism and Culture and the Ganja City Executive
Authority. For the first time, all works included in Khamsa have been given in
Azerbaijani in separate books. The works have been translated by Khalil Yusifli, Samad Vurghun, Mammad
Rahim, Abdulla Shaig and Mikayil Rzaguluzade.
The publication includes a CD called “Dedicated to Nizami”. Songs and romances written by Uzeir Hajibeyli, Fikret Amirov, Jahangir Jahangirov, Tofig Guliyev, Shafiga Akhundova and other composers to the words of Nizami, as well as “Khosrov and Shirin” opera by Niyazi, “Nizami” opera by Afrasiab Badalbeyli, “Nizami” symphony by Fikret Amirov , as well as works written by Gara Garayev, Jovdat Hajiyev, Ramiz Mustafayev and other composers to the words of the poet have been collected in the disk.