Jami facts for kids

Nur ad-Din Abd ar-Rahman Jami (Persian: نورالدین عبدالرحمن جامی, August 18, 1414–November 19, 1492), or Jami, was a Persian Sufi poet. He was born in Jam, Persia. He studied science, Arabic literature, natural sciences, Islamic philosophy and Indian literature in Herat University. He went to Samarqand and completed his studies there. Jami wrote eighty seven books, in Persian and Arabic. Some of his books have been translated to English. His poems are collected in a Divan.

Images for kids

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  Illustration from Jami's Rose Garden of the Pious, dated 1553. The image blends Persian poetry and Persian miniature into one, as is the norm for many works of Persian literature.

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  Yusuf and Zulaikha (Joseph chased by Potiphar's wife), miniature by Behzād, 1488.

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  Illustration from the Bahâristân, dated 1595, with two lines of included script

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  Youth seeking his father's advice on love from the Haft Awrang of Jami, in the story "A Father Advises his Son About Love". (See Nazar ila'l-murd Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.)