Nafahāt al-Uns
E532363
Nafahāt al-Uns is a celebrated biographical compendium of Sufi saints and mystics by the Persian poet and scholar Jami, notable for its rich accounts of spiritual lives and teachings.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Nafahāt al-Uns canonical | 2 |
| Nafaḥāt al-Uns | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nafahāt al-Uns Context triple: [Jami, notableWork, Nafahāt al-Uns]
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A.
Awarif al-Ma'arif
Awarif al-Ma'arif is a seminal Sufi manual by Shihab al-Din Umar al-Suhrawardi that systematically outlines Sufi doctrine, ethics, and spiritual practice.
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B.
Rasa'il al-Hikma
Rasa'il al-Hikma is a foundational collection of doctrinal and philosophical epistles central to the religious teachings of the Druze faith.
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C.
Fusus al-Hikam
Fusus al-Hikam is a seminal Sufi metaphysical treatise that systematizes Ibn Arabi’s doctrine of divine wisdom as manifested through the prophets.
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D.
Kitab al-Ilm
Kitab al-Ilm is the section of Sahih al-Bukhari devoted to prophetic teachings and rulings about knowledge, its virtues, and its proper transmission in Islam.
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E.
Tahafut al-Falasifa
Tahafut al-Falasifa is a seminal 11th-century Islamic philosophical work by Al-Ghazali that critiques the metaphysical doctrines of the Muslim Peripatetic philosophers and challenges the compatibility of their ideas with orthodox theology.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nafahāt al-Uns Target entity description: Nafahāt al-Uns is a celebrated biographical compendium of Sufi saints and mystics by the Persian poet and scholar Jami, notable for its rich accounts of spiritual lives and teachings.
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A.
Awarif al-Ma'arif
Awarif al-Ma'arif is a seminal Sufi manual by Shihab al-Din Umar al-Suhrawardi that systematically outlines Sufi doctrine, ethics, and spiritual practice.
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B.
Rasa'il al-Hikma
Rasa'il al-Hikma is a foundational collection of doctrinal and philosophical epistles central to the religious teachings of the Druze faith.
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C.
Fusus al-Hikam
Fusus al-Hikam is a seminal Sufi metaphysical treatise that systematizes Ibn Arabi’s doctrine of divine wisdom as manifested through the prophets.
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D.
Kitab al-Ilm
Kitab al-Ilm is the section of Sahih al-Bukhari devoted to prophetic teachings and rulings about knowledge, its virtues, and its proper transmission in Islam.
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E.
Tahafut al-Falasifa
Tahafut al-Falasifa is a seminal 11th-century Islamic philosophical work by Al-Ghazali that critiques the metaphysical doctrines of the Muslim Peripatetic philosophers and challenges the compatibility of their ideas with orthodox theology.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Persian prose work
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Sufi biographical dictionary ⓘ biographical compendium ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
illustrate Sufi spiritual ideals
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preserve the memory of Sufi saints ⓘ |
| approximateCompletionDate | c. 1470 CE ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Naqshbandi Sufi tradition
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linked to:
Naqshbandi
|
| author | Jami ⓘ |
| authorName |
Nur al-Din ‘Abd al-Rahman Jami
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linked to:
Nūr al-Dīn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān Jāmī
|
| circulationRegion |
Indian subcontinent
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linked to:
South Asia
Ottoman Empire ⓘ Persianate world ⓘ |
| containsBiographiesOf |
classical Sufi mystics
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contemporaries of Jami ⓘ early Sufi saints ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
Timurid Iran
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linked to:
Timurid Central Asia
|
| dateWritten | 15th century ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
spiritual biographies
ⓘ
teachings of Sufi masters ⓘ |
| genre |
Sufi literature
ⓘ
hagiography ⓘ |
| hasInfluenced |
Indo-Persian Sufi literature
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Ottoman Sufi literature ⓘ later Persian Sufi biographical collections ⓘ |
| hasManuscriptTradition | numerous Persian manuscripts ⓘ |
| historicalPeriodCovered | early Islam to Jami’s time ⓘ |
| includes |
accounts of spiritual lineages
ⓘ
anecdotes about Sufi miracles ⓘ sayings of Sufi saints ⓘ |
| isKnownFor |
detailed Sufi hagiographical narratives
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influence on later Sufi biographical writing ⓘ rich accounts of spiritual lives ⓘ |
| language | Persian ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| literaryTradition | Persian Islamic literature ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Sufi mystics
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Sufi saints ⓘ Sufism ⓘ |
| partOf | classical Sufi biographical canon ⓘ |
| religiousBranch | Sunni Islam ⓘ |
| religiousSchool | Sufism ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Islam ⓘ |
| studiedIn |
Islamic studies
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Persian literature ⓘ Sufi studies ⓘ |
| titleTranslation |
Breaths of Fellowship
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Breaths of Intimacy ⓘ |
| usedAs |
reference work in Sufi studies
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source for Sufi history ⓘ |
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