persons Jām, Aḥmad

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Name Jām, Aḥmad
Alternative Names
  • name in Arabic script: جام، احمد
  • ID 16780
    Gender male
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    Lifespan 441 AH - 536 AH
    Professions Sufi master
    Collection(s)
  • manually created entity
  • Uri(s) https://nomansland.acdh.oeaw.ac.at/entity/16780/

    Relations

    Place

    Start End Other relation type Related Place
    born in Nāmaq
    lived in Maʻadd Ābād
    died in Maʻadd Ābād
    buried in Maʻadd Ābād
    visited Sarakhs
    visited Nayshābūr
    visited Hirāt
    visited Marv
    visited Būzjān
    visited Bākharz

    Label

    Label Start End Label type ISO Code
    جام، احمد name in Arabic script deu

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    Bionote

    Aḥmad ibn Aḥmad Jāmī known as Zhandah Pīl was born in the year 441 AH in the village of Nāmaq. He became interested in Sufism and traveled to many cities of Khurāsān such as Sarakhs, Nayshābūr, Hirāt, Būzjān, Marw, Bākharz and Basṭām. His only trip outside of Khurāsān was to Mecca. Aḥmad Jām established a Khānaqāh in Maʻadd Ābād village in Jām and engaged in preaching and authoring books. He died in 536 AH and was buried in that village.