Jami

by Hamid Algar

'Abd al-Rahman Jami (1414-1492) is a culminating figure in Perso-Islamic culture, whose reputation and influence have remained undiminished throughout the eastern Islamic world--the Ottoman empire and Central Asia, Iran, India, China, and the Malay world. Primarily celebrated as a poet, Jami was also an accomplished Islamic scholar and Arabist, a Sufi of great standing, and an acerbic polemicist and social critic. He was most closely associated with...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198090447
• ISBN13: 9780198090441
• Release Date: May 2013
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.5" x 5.6"