ABDURAKHMAN JAMI AND ALISHER NAVOI'S ANALYSIS OF THE EPICS "LAYLI AND MAJNUN"

Abstract

Layli and Majnun[1] are popular folklore and written literary monuments among the peoples of the Near and Middle East. The first buds of the epic appeared in the second half of the 7th century. According to some sources, the heroes of the saga are historical figures. They mention that Majnun was a young man from the tribe of Bani Amir, whose real name was Qays bin Mulawwah or Qays bin Muad. He loved his fellow tribesman named Kais Laili and wrote sad poems about his love and the sufferings of hijran. Such information is provided, among other things, in the works of Ibn Qutayba (889) "Kitab ush-she'er wa shuaro" ("Book about poetry and poets"), "Kitab ul-Aghoni" ("Book of Songs") by Abul Faraj al-Isfahani. But other sources deny this information. For example, Arab scholar Avon ibn Hakim al-Qalbi (764) and Arab historian Hisham al-Qalbi (819) argue that Majnun is not a historical figure. As early as the second half of the 7th century, many sad poems appeared in Arabic poetry under the pseudonym Majnun.