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عَبْد الرَّحْمَٰن الْجَامِي

ʿAbd ar-Raḥmān al-Jāmī

quddisa sirruhu — may his secret be sanctified

817 – 898 AH / 1414 – 1492

his portrait is written, not drawn

The last great classical poet of Persia and a Naqshbandī master, who sang the unity of being in verse of matchless grace.

stationWalī
born817 AH
returned898 AH

His portrait is his lamp: no image survives, and none is needed.