Layla Majnun is one of the love romances of Iranian source that had infiltrated and become assimilated into Punjabi literature and came to be owned by the Punjabis. It is the favourite love story ...

in his poem “Layla and Majnun.” The story was immensely popular during medieval times in Arabia and Persia, which most likely contributed to the popularity of Layla in those regions.

Rider Haggard’s “She”). To that list one should add the protagonists of two of medieval Persia’s greatest romantic epics, “Layla and Majnun” and “Khosrow and Shirin,” both by the ...

tall as a cypress.” His love turns to obsession, however, and his endless songs exalting her praises soon earn him the nickname “Majnun,” or “the madman.” Layla’s father forbids her ...

The title was inspired by the 7th-century Arab poem called “Layla and Majnun.” The story centers around a moon princess suffering through an arranged marriage to a man she does not love.

Tales of star-crossed lovers like Layla and Majnun, the besotted prince who traveled the world to meet a fairy who some say can still be glimpsed glittering along the shores of an ancient glacier ...

The name “Layla” came from the 5th century Arabian poem-turned-book, The Story of Layla and Majnun, adapted by Persian poet Nizami Ganjavi. It was about forbidden love, and a mutual friend ...

He called it "Layla," borrowing the name from Layla and Majnun, a 12-century Persian poem about a pair of star-crossed lovers. Clapton's lyrics echoed the tale of a man who falls hopelessly in ...