1-626-280 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'Majnun', 20th century. Leyli and Majnun is an immortal love story sometimes compared to Romeo and Juliet, though it predates Shakespeare in oral tradition by more than 1000 years. Today, it is still one of the most popular epics of the Middle East and Central Asia among Arabs, Turks, Persians, Afghans, Tajiks, Kurds, Indians, Pakistanis, and, of course Azerbaijanis.