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Layla and Majnun, a Rare card
Layla and Majnun is an ancient Arab love story about the 7th-century poet Qays ibn al-Mulawwah and his lover Layla al-Amiriyah.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 73
- DEF
- 63
- Power
- 136
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 220,000
Power 136 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 70 % of WikiCards cards.
Layla and Majnun quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Layla and Majnun card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Their tragic love story became one of the most famous romances in Arabic literature and inspired adaptations throughout the ______ world.
Answer
Islamic. Their tragic love story became one of the most famous romances in Arabic literature and inspired adaptations throughout the Islamic world. From the Layla and Majnun article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
"The Layla-Majnun theme passed from Arabic to Persian, Turkish, and Indic languages", through the narrative poem composed in ____ CE by the Persian poet Nizami Ganjavi, as the third part of his Khamsa.
Answer
1180s. "The Layla-Majnun theme passed from Arabic to Persian, Turkish, and Indic languages", through the narrative poem composed in 1188 CE by the Persian poet Nizami Ganjavi, as the third part of his Khamsa. From the Layla and Majnun article on Wikipedia.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- The story originates from Najd in present-day Saudi Arabia, with Qays and Layla traditionally associated with Al-Aflaj Governorate and the city of Layla, which is named after Layla al-Amiriyah.
- Their tragic love story became one of the most famous romances in Arabic literature and inspired adaptations throughout the Islamic world.
- "The Layla-Majnun theme passed from Arabic to Persian, Turkish, and Indic languages", through the narrative poem composed in 1188 CE by the Persian poet Nizami Ganjavi, as the third part of his Khamsa.
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Layla and Majnun article was read about 220,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 73 and blocks with 63: each hit it takes is cut by 25 %.
How to get Layla and Majnun
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Layla and Majnun (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
