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نَجْم الدِّين كُبْرَى

Najm ad-Dīn Kubrā

quddisa sirruhu — may his secret be sanctified

540 – 618 AH / 1145 – 1221

his portrait is written, not drawn

The 'Fashioner of saints', founder of the Kubrawī order, martyred at Khwarazm before the Mongol host.

stationWalī
born540 AH
returned618 AH

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