Category:Layla and Majnun
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Layla and Majnun or "The Madman and Layla" is a love story originating from classic Arabic Literature, later adopted and popularized by the Persian-language poet Nizami Ganjavi.
Majnun fell in love with Layla bint Mahdi ibn Sa’d (better known as Layla Aamiriya) from the same tribe which lived (in fact, still lives) in central Saudi Arabia. He began composing poems about his love for her. His efforts to woo the girl caused locals to call him Majnun (madman). When he asked for her hand in marriage, her father refused as it would be a scandal for Layla to marry someone considered mentally unbalanced. Soon after, Layla was married to another man.
When Majnun heard of her marriage, he fled the tribe camp and began wandering the surrounding desert. He could sometimes be seen reciting poetry to himself or writing in the sand with a stick. Layla moved to present-day Iraq or a place in northern Arabia with her husband, where she became ill and died. In some versions, Layla dies of heartbreak from not being able to see her would-be lover. Majnun was later found dead in the wilderness in, near an unknown woman’s grave. He had carved three verses of poetry on a rock near the grave.
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- Bodleian MS. Ouseley Add. 166 fol 13b.jpg 514 × 676; 177 KB
- Brooklyn Museum - Layli visits Majnun in the Grove.jpg 519 × 768; 94 KB
- Illustration for the Story of Majnun and Laila LACMA M.79.191.4.jpg 1,702 × 2,100; 1.12 MB
- Keshan 01.jpg 1,500 × 1,464; 1.98 MB
- Laila and Majnun converse beneath a tree (6124512869).jpg 534 × 873; 764 KB
- Laila and Majnun MET DT5774.jpg 3,417 × 3,655; 3.24 MB
- Laila and Majnun MET sf1987-355-1.jpg 975 × 1,050; 197 KB
- Laila weeping over Majnun's tombstone (?) (6124606483).jpg 650 × 861; 239 KB
- Layla and Majnun (1937 film).jpg 561 × 809; 120 KB
- Layla va Majnun.jpg 516 × 480; 101 KB
- Layla va Majnun1.jpg 604 × 480; 78 KB
- Laylah and Majnun Meet in School from Niẓāmī's "Khamsah" WDL6854.png 1,024 × 1,377; 2.09 MB
- Leyli and Majnun rug.jpg 766 × 967; 331 KB
- Leyli ila Majnun.jpg 665 × 501; 123 KB
- Mahmud al-Husain im Rabi’I - 'Majnun among the wild animals' - Google Art Project.jpg 1,775 × 2,501; 2.02 MB
- Majnun in the Desert.jpg 3,288 × 4,967; 16.07 MB
- Majnun in the wilderness (6125074314).jpg 1,864 × 2,880; 8.58 MB
- Majnun in the Wilderness MET 136737.jpg 3,558 × 4,000; 2.83 MB
- Majnun in the Wilderness MET sf1974-21r.jpg 1,500 × 2,000; 672 KB
- Majnun in the Wilderness MET sf45-174-6r.jpg 1,200 × 1,380; 405 KB
- Majnun watches the battle of the clans (6125040086).jpg 1,116 × 1,807; 832 KB
- MIA - Majnun in the Wilderness, Iran, 1608-1609 AD.jpg 2,112 × 2,816; 2.55 MB
- Miniature from Nizami's "Leyli and Majnun".jpg 224 × 360; 60 KB
- Mugam 011.jpg 536 × 366; 60 KB
- Qays ibn Al-Mulawwah by Khalil Gibran.png 397 × 550; 307 KB
- Story of Mejnun - in wilderness.jpg 683 × 900; 505 KB
- Textile, Layla and Majnun, 16th–17th century (CH 18130811).jpg 3,840 × 4,096; 17.4 MB