Jami, Abd al-Rahman ibn Ahmad
الجامي عبد الرحمن بن أحمد
1414 CE · 817 AH – 1492 CE · 898 AH
A Persian poet and Sufi from Jam, named after the town. He wrote on poetry and Sufism.
At a glance
- Roles
- Poet · mystic
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Gunpowder Empires
- Region
- Persia & Central Asia
- Review
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Life in time
LiteratureSpirituality and Sufism
Place in the story
- PoetTradition
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
Overview
Abd al-Rahman ibn Ahmad ibn Muhammad al-Jami, Abu al-Barakat Nur al-Din, a Persian poet and Sunni Sufi from Jam, to which he is attributed. He wrote on poetry and Sufism. 1
The encyclopaedia gives his birth as 817 AH (1414 CE) and his death as 898 AH (1492 CE). These dates need a second source.
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Sources
- Mawsu'at A'lam al-Ulama' wa-l-Adaba' al-Arab wa-l-Muslimin — Dar al-Jil / ALECSO
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islam.museum contributors. “Jami, Abd al-Rahman ibn Ahmad”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/jami-abd-al-rahman/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-16.