Laila was a real person, but the folk tale Laila/Majnun as we know it was over fictionalized, just like Cleopetra for that matter
I have to find Ubaidullah Aleem’s book from soemhwere, I may or may not have it …
How do you know that the girl Ibn-e-Insha was talking about is the real one.
How do you know that all 18 love affairs of Josh Malihabadi were real girls
or Umrao Jaan Ada was a real person
or Laila was real for that matter 