The great Azerbaijani poet Nizami Ganjavi was born in 1141 in Ganja. Because he was born and raised in Ganja, he was known as Nizami Ganjavi in the Ganjali sense. The poet's real name is Elijah. Nizami lost his father and then his mother when he was a child. His uncle Khaja Omar took care of him and brought him up. In the introduction to the poem "Leyli and Majnun", the great poet speaks of the loss of his father and mother, and then his uncle.
