Jami

For other uses, see Jami (disambiguation).
Mawlanā Jami
Jami, artwork of Kamāl ud-Dīn Behzād
Mystic, spiritual poet, historian, theologian
Born7 November 1414 (1414-11-07)[1]
Torbat Jam, Khorasan, Timurid Empire
DiedNovember 9, 1492(1492-11-09) (aged 78)
Herat, Khorasan, Afghanistan
Venerated inSunni Islam
InfluencesMuhammad, Khwaja Abdullah Ansari, Rumi, Ibn Arabi
InfluencedMuhammad Iqbal
Tradition or genre
Sufi poetry
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Illustration from Jami's Rose Garden of the Pious, dated 1553. The image blends Persian poetry and Persian miniature into one, as is the norm for many works of Persian literature.

Nūr ad-Dīn 'Abd ar-Rahmān Jāmī (Persian: نورالدین عبدالرحمن جامی; 7 November 1414 – 9 November 1492), also known as Mawlanā Nūr al-Dīn 'Abd al-Rahmān or Abd-Al-Rahmān Nur-Al-Din Muhammad Dashti, or simply as Jami or Djāmī and in Turkey as Molla Cami, was a Persian Sunni[2] poet who is known for his achievements as a prolific scholar and writer of mystical Sufi literature. He was primarily a prominent poet-theologian of the school of Ibn Arabi and a Khwājagānī Sũfī, recognized for his eloquence and for his analysis of the metaphysics of mercy.[3][4] His most famous poetic works are Haft Awrang, Tuhfat al-Ahrar, Layla wa Majnun, Fatihat al-Shabab, Lawa'ih, Al-Durrah al-Fakhirah. Jami belonged to the Naqshbandi Sufi order.[5]

  1. ^ Jami: Ali Asghar Hikmat, Urdu Translation Arif Naushahi, p. 124
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference sn was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Rizvi 2006, p. [page needed].
  4. ^ Williams, John (1961). Islam. New York: George Braziller.
  5. ^ Dabashi 2012, p. 150.