Aḥmad-i Jām - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE - مرکز و کتابخانه مطالعات اسلامی به زبان های اروپایی

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" Aḥmad-i Jām - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE "
Safi, Omid

Document Type	:	AL
Language of Document	:	English
Record Number	:	1060587
Doc. NO	:	ALei984
Main Entry	:	Safi, Omid
Title & Author	:	Aḥmad-i Jām - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE\ Safi, Omid
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE
Note	:	(1,316 words)
Abstract	:	Abū Naṣr Aḥmad-i Jām (i.e., from Jām, a village in the mountainous regions of central Afghanistan) Nāmaqī (440–536/1048–1141) was a significant sixth/twelfth century Persian Ṣūfī closely involved with the Saljūq sultan Sanjar (d. 552/1157), who left behind an impressive shrine and legacy. He was born in Nāmaq, a small village near Tarshīz in Kūhistān. Aḥmad-i Jām's numerous honorifics include Shaykh al-Islām, Quṭb al-Awtād (“Pole of the [four] saintly props”), and, curiously, Zhanda Pīl (“the giant elephant”). His hagiography claims
Subject	:	Islam.
electronic file name	:	ALei984.pdf