Monument to Nizami Ganjavi in Tashkent

Location| Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Type| Monument
Completion date| 2004
Dedicated to| Nizami Ganjavi

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Nizami Ganjavi
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* Maḵhzan al-asrār
* Khosrow and Shirin
* Layla and Majnun
* Haft Peykar
* Eskandar-nāma

Related topics

* Akhsitan I
* Toghrul III
* Farhad (Persian literature)
* Campaign on granting Nizami the status
of the national poet of Azerbaijan

Monuments

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The Monument to Nizami Ganjavi, a medieval Persian poet, is located in Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan, in a square near the Tashkent State Pedagogic University named after Nizami, near a park named after Babur. Ilham Jabbarov is the sculptor of the monument.

## History[edit]

The monument was installed on March 23, 2004. Ilham Aliyev, the President of Azerbaijan and Islam Karimov, the President of Uzbekistan took part at the opening ceremony of the monument.

## Description of the monument[edit]

The monument consists of a granite bust of Nizami Ganjavi, portraying the poet in the eastern attire with a turban on his head and holding a book in his left hand and with the right hand on his chest. The name of the poet, the dates of his birth and death are written on the pedestal in Uzbek and Azerbaijani languages.

## See also[edit]

* Campaign on granting Nizami the status of the national poet of Azerbaijan

## References[edit]

## External links[edit]

* Памятник Низами
* Памятник Низами
* В Ташкенте будет воздвигнут памятник азербайджанскому поэту Низами

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Tourist attractions in Uzbekistan

World
Heritage
Sites|

| Listed|

* Historic Centre of Bukhara
* Historic Centre of Shakhrisyabz
* Itchan Kala
* Samarkand – Crossroads of Cultures
* Western Tien-Shan

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Tentative list|

* Abdulkhan Bandi Dam
* Akhsikath
* Ak Astana-Baba
* Ancient Termiz
* Ancient Pap
* Andijan
* Arab-Ata Mausoleum
* Bahoutdin Architectural Complex
* Boysun
* Chashma-Ayub Mausoleum
* Chor-Bakr
* Desert Castles of Ancient Khorezm
* Gissar Mountains
* Historic Centre of Qoqon
* Kanka
* Khanbandi
* Khazarasp
* Minaret in Vobkent
* Mir-Sayid Bakhrom Mausoleum
* Poykent
* Rabati Malik Caravanserai
* Sarmishsay
* Shahrukhiya
* Sheikh Mukhtar-Vali Complex
* Shohimardon
* Silk Road Sites in Uzbekistan
* Siypantosh Rock Paintings
* Varakhsha
* Zaamin Mountains
* Zarautsoy Rock Paintings

Cultural|

| Archaeological
sites|

* Afrasiyab
* Akchakhan-Kala
* Akhsikath
* Ancient Pap
* Ayaz-Kala
* Balalyk Tepe
* Burchmullo
* Dalverzin Tepe
* Fayaz Tepe
* Guldursun-Kala
* Hazorasp
* Itchan Kala
* Kafir-kala
* Kara Tepe
* Khalchayan
* Khiva
* Koi Krylgan Kala
* Kyzyl-Kala
* Obi-Rakhmat Grotto
* Orlat plaques
* Poykent
* Sarmishsay
* Shahrukhiya
* Siypantosh Rock Paintings
* Tavka Kurgan
* Toprak-Kala
* Zarautsoy Rock Paintings

|
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Complexes|

* Bahoutdin Architectural Complex
* Lyab-i Hauz
* Po-i-Kalyan
* Registan

Forts|

* Ark of Bukhara
* Urda fortress

Madrasas|

* Kukeldash Madrasa
* The Madrasa of Abulkosim
* Madrasah of Nadir Divan-begi
* Mir-i Arab Madrasa
* Sher-Dor Madrasah
* Tilya-Kori Madrasah
* Ulugh Beg Madrasa
* Saroyi Tash Madrasah

Mausoleums|

* Ak Astana-Baba
* Chashma-Ayub Mausoleum
* Chor-Bakr
* Gur-e-Amir
* Mausoleum of Sheikh Zaynudin
* Mir-Sayid Bakhrom Mausoleum
* Saif ed-Din Bokharzi &
Bayan-Quli Khan Mausoleums
* Samanid Mausoleum
* Sayyed Bahram Mausoleum
* Shah-i-Zinda
* Sheikh Mukhtar-Vali Complex
* Sheihantaur
* Sultan Saodat

Museums|

* Afrasiab Museum of Samarkand
* Amir Timur Museum
* Archaeological Museum of Termez
* Art Gallery of Uzbekistan
* Bukhara State Architectural
Art Museum-Preserve
* Memorial house museum of Tamara Khanum
* Museum Afshona
* Museum of Arts of Uzbekistan
* The Museum of Communication
History in Uzbekistan
* Museum of Geology
* The Museum of Health Care of Uzbekistan
* Museum of Olympic Glory
* Museum of Victims of
Political Repression in Tashkent
* Nukus Museum of Art
* Shahrisabz Museum of
History and Material Culture
* State Museum of Culture History of Uzbekistan (Samarkand)
* State Museum of History of Uzbekistan
* State Museum of Nature of Uzbekistan
* Tashkent Museum of Railway Techniques
* Tashkent Planetarium
* Tashkent Polytechnical Museum
* The Alisher Navoi State Museum of Literature
* Ulugh Beg Observatory

Places
of worship|

* Ak Mosque
* Baland Mosque
* Bibi-Khanym Mosque
* Bolo Haouz Mosque
* Cathedral of the Dormition of the Mother of God
* Chor Minor
* Dzhuma Mosque
* Kalân Mosque
* Kalyan minaret
* Khonakhan Mosque
* Magok-i-Attari Mosque
* Magok-i-Kurpa Mosque
* Mosque of Mir Sayyid Ali Hamadani
* Sacred Heart Cathedral
* St. John the Baptist Church

Theaters|

* Navoi Theater
* Peoples' Friendship Palace

Others|

* Khanaka of Nadir Divan-begi
* Monument to Nizami Ganjavi in Tashkent
* Mustaqillik Maydoni
* Rabati Malik
* Siyob Bazaar
* Square of Martyrs in Uzbekistan
* Tashkent Tower

Natural|

| Lakes|

* Aydar Lake
* Lake Charvak

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National parks|

* Chatkalskiy State Nature Reserve
* Zaamin National Park

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