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Jami

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Also known as Nur ad-Dīn Abd ar-Rahmān Jāmī, Djāmī, Abd-Al-Rahmān Nur-Al-Din Muhammad Dashti, Mawlanā Nūr al-Dīn 'Abd al-Rahmān, Nur ad-Din Abd ar-Rahman Jami, Maulana Nur al-Din `Abd al-Rahman Jami, Yami de Herat

right|thumb|Illustration from Jami's Rose Garden of the Pious, dated 1553. The image blends Persian literature|Persian poetry and [[Persian miniature into one, as is the norm for many works of Persian literature.]]

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Jami, born Abd al-Rahman in 1414, was a male poet, writer, music theorist, and philosopher from the Timurid Empire. He was born in Khargerd, Herat, or Torbat-e Jam and died in Herat in 1492. His religious worldview was Islam, with a lifestyle centered on mysticism and Sufism. He spoke, wrote, and signed in Tajik, Arabic, and Persian, with Persian and Arabic serving as his primary writing languages. Husayn Bayqarah served as his sponsor.

Jami’s works are held in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Notable works include "ديوان كامل جامى", "نفحات الانس من حضرات القدس", "Lawā'ih", and "Bibliotheque choisie de contes orientaux et fables persanes". He is described in sources such as the Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, and Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition.

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Person · Open Library

Born
1414
Died
1492
Works
270

Top works

  • ديوان كامل جامى
  • نفحات الانس من حضرات القدس
  • Lawā'ih
  • Jami
  • Bibliotheque choisie de contes orientaux et fables persanes

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United States
Active from
1414
Active to
1492

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
2,518
Total plays
14,790

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Quotes

  • Were Women all like those whom here I name,Woman to man I surely would prefer;The Sun is feminine, nor deems it shame;The Moon, though masculine, depends on her.

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Key facts

Saint.name
Mawlanā Jami
Saint.image
Jami poet.jpg
Saint.caption
Jami, artwork of Kamāl ud-Dīn Behzād
Saint.titles
Mystic, spiritual poet, historian, theologian
Saint.birth_place
Torbat Jam, Timurid Empire (present-day Iran)
Saint.death_place
Herat, Timurid Empire (present-day Afghanistan)
Saint.venerated_in
Sunni Islam
Saint.tradition
Sufi poetry
Saint.influences
Muhammad, Khwaja Abdullah Ansari, Rumi, Ibn Arabi
Saint.influenced
Muhammad Iqbal

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Described at

Biografia de Yami de Herat

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Encyclopedic overview

14 sections
Contents
  • Biography
  • Teachings and Sufism
  • Works
  • Artwork
  • Impact of Jami's works
  • Divan of Jami
  • Legacy
  • See also
  • References
  • Citations
  • Works cited
  • Further reading
  • Further reading
  • External links

right|thumb|Illustration from Jami's Rose Garden of the Pious, dated 1553. The image blends Persian literature|Persian poetry and [[Persian miniature into one, as is the norm for many works of Persian literature.]]

'''Nūr ad-Dīn 'Abd ar-Rahmān Jāmī (; 7 November 1414&nbsp;– 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 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. 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.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Jami” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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