Najm al-Din Kubra
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Najm ad-Din Kubra (Persian: نجمالدین کبری) was a 13th-century Khwarezmian Sufi from Khwarezm and the founder of the Kubrawiya, influential in the Ilkhanate and Timurid dynasty. His method, exemplary of a "golden age" of Sufi metaphysics, was related to the Illuminationism of Shahab al-Din Yahya ibn Habash Suhrawardi as well as to Rumi's Shams Tabrizi.[1] Kubra was born in 540/1145 and died in 618/1221.[2]
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Born | 1145 CE (540 AH) |
Died | 1221 CE (618 AH) |
Resting place | Konye-Urgench, Turkmenistan |
Religion | Islam |
Era | Islamic Golden Age |
Region | Konye-Urgench |
Denomination | Sunni |
Jurisprudence | Shafi'i school[citation needed] |
Creed | Ash'ari |
Main interest(s) | Sufism |
Tariqa | Kubrawiya (founder) |
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