On April 17, 2021, Khazar University hosted an online round table on “Nizami Ganjavi – 880” organized by the Department of Languages and Literature. The round table was attended by students and staff of the university, teachers and professors of the Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences, Kastamonu University of Turkey, Karabuk University and the Eastern Mediterranean University of Northern Cyprus.

Opening the round table, the head of the Department of Languages and Literature, Associate Professor Dilbar Zeynalova greeted the participants, touched upon the issues of humanism in Nizami’s work, and spoke about the position of the great Azerbaijani poet in world literary&aesthetic movement. Then the event was moderated by the lecturer of the Department of Languages and Literature, Associate Professor Khatira Yusifova.

The presentations were made by Associate Professor of Baku Slavic University Ibrahim Guliyev on “Zoroastrianism in Nizami's works”, Associate Professor of the Institute of Manuscripts of ANAS Nazakat Mammadli on “Sufism in Nizami’s works”, Prof. Dr. Vusala Musali from Kastamonu University “On some copies of Nizami Ganjavi’s Masnavis in XIV century”, Associate Professor Sherif Agari, lecturer at Karabuk University, on “Nizami Ganjavi’s influence on Anatolian classical Turkish culture”.

Commenting on the presented topics, Saadat Shikhiyeva, Associate Professor of the Institute of Oriental Studies of ANAS named after Ziya Bunyadov, noted that different scientific views may lead to a new direction on Nizami studies.

Tunzala Seyfullayeva, associate professor of the Institute of Manuscripts of ANAS, informed that her scientific research on Yahya bey Dukaghi’s work “Ganjineyi-raz” (“Makhzan-ol-Asrar”) was written under the influence of Nizami Ganjavi’s “Khamsa”.

The roundtable ended with discussions.