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- 1 2 3 Chelkowski, Peter J. (1975). Mirror of the Invisible World: Tales from the Khamseh of Nizami. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art. p. 115. ISBN 978-0-87099-142-4.
- ↑ Ferber, Stanley (1979). Islam and the Medieval West. New York: SUNY Press. ISBN 978-0-87395-802-8.
- 1 2 Talattof, NAKamran; Clinton, Jerome (2016). The Poetry of Nizami Ganjavi: Knowledge, Love, and Rhetoric. New York, NY: Springer. p. 56. ISBN 978-1-349-62615-1.
- ↑ Melville, Charles; van den Berg, Gabrielle (2012). Shahnama Studies II. Brill. pp. 1–364. ISBN 9789004228634.
- ↑ Brend, Dr Barbara Brend (2013). Perspectives on Persian Painting: Illustrations to Amir Khusrau's Khamsah. Routledge. pp. 1–352. ISBN 9781136854118.
- ↑ Khaleghi-Motlagh, Dj. "ĀZĀDA". ENCYCLOPÆDIA IRANICA. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
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