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عَلَاء الدَّوْلَة السِّمْنَانِي

ʿAlāʾ ad-Dawla as-Simnānī

quddisa sirruhu — may his secret be sanctified

659 – 736 AH / 1261 – 1336

his portrait is written, not drawn

A courtier of the Mongols turned Kubrawī master, whose subtle teaching on the inner centres shaped later Sufism.

stationWalī
born659 AH
returned736 AH

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