Jami
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Nur ad-Din Abd ar-Rahman Jami (August 18, 1414 – November 19, 1492) was arguably the greatest Persian poet in the 15th century.
He was born in a village near 'Jam', but a few years after his birth, his family migrated to the cultural city of Herat in present day Afghanistan where he was able to study Peripateticism, mathematics, Arabic literature, natural sciences and Islamic knowledge at the Nizamiyyah University of Herat.
Afterwards he went to Samarqand city, the most important center for scientific studies in the Islamic World and completed his studies there.
He was a famous Sufi, and a follower of the of the Naqshbandiyyah sufi Order.
Jami wrote approximately 87 books and epistles. Among them are: Diwanha-i Sehganeh (Triplet Divans), the collection of Haft Awrang (Seven Thrones), Baharistan (Spring Land), Nafahat al-Uns.
Some of his quatrains have been translated into English. See the poetry on www.chishti.ru
See also
External links
- Jami on PoetryPortal
- Jami on Iran Chamber Society Website
- Jami's Yusuf and Zulaikha: A Study in the Method of Appropriation of Sacred Text
