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Nur al-Din Abd al-Rahman Jami

Type Figure Region Herat Time 1414–1492 Also known as Abd al-Rahman Jami

Nur al-Din Abd al-Rahman Jami was one of the most outstanding Persian poets and Sufi scholars of the late Timurid period in the fifteenth century, lo…

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  1. 1414–1450Jam · KhurasanJami was born in Jam in Khurasan, lost his father young, and moved with his mother to Herat. He studied widely — Arabic, Islamic jurisprudence, logic, and classical Persian poetry — and entered the Naqshbandi Sufi path, laying a deep foundation for his later poetic and theological writings.
  2. 1461–1470Herat · HeratUnder Sultan Husayn Bayqara in Herat, Jami entered his most productive period, joining literati such as Ali-Shir Nava'i in the Timurid Renaissance. He wrote numerous lyric and narrative poems, weaving Sufi mysticism into literature, and became one of the most influential figures in the Persian literary world of his time.
  3. 1470–1492Herat · HeratIn his later years Jami completed long narrative masterpieces such as Haft Awrang and Yusuf and Zulaykha, and wrote works of Sufi theology. As an important representative of the Naqshbandi order in Khurasan, he trained many disciples; he died in Herat in 1492 and was buried there, his influence extending to Ottoman and Mughal literary circles.

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