ʻIrāqī, Fakhr al-Dīn Ibrāhīm, -1289?
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ʻIrāqī, Fakhr al-Dīn Ibrāhīm, -1289?
Biographical notes
He was born in the town of Kumijān (Iran) , not far from the city of Hamadan ,
apparently in
610 [1213-1214 CE]. In his youth he studied the Qur’ān, Hadith and Islamic theology
(kalam). However, he is better known for his literary skills as a Sufi poet that
travelled extensively from Pakistan to Anatolia during his lifetime. He began teaching in his native Hamadan
(Iran) when he met a group of Qalandar dervishes and abandoned his
activities to travel with them all the way to Multān (Pakistan) in the year 1230 [1230 CE]. It was in that city where he
allegedly became a disciple of the Sufi master Bahāʼ
al-Dīn Zakariyyā, 1170?-1262? , بهاء الدين
زكريا , who at the time was the leader of the Suhrawardīyah Sufi
Order. In fact,
ʻIrāqī seems to have married the shaykh’s daughter and had a son
with her named Kabīr al-Dīn, d. after 1289, کبیر
الدین . Under the auspice of Bahāʼ al-Dīn Zakariyyā, 1170?-1262? ,
ʻIrāqī
stayed in Multān
(Pakistan) for 17 years dedicated to writing poetry. After the dead of
the Bahāʼ al-Dīn
Zakariyyā, 1170?-1262? in 1268 [1268 CE], he seems to have lost the support of the members of the order and
left Multān
(Pakistan) by sea at the age of 24. First he went to Arabia where he
performed hajj and then all the way to Anatolia, where he joined Ṣadr al-Dīn al-Qūnawī, Muḥammad ibn Isḥāq, -1273 or
1274 in Konya (Turkey) and
then became close to Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī,
Maulana, 1207-1273 and his followers. He was under the protection
and patronage of Muʻīn al-Dı̄n
Sulaymān, Parwānā, -1277 and Shams al-Dīn Juwaynī, d. 1285
until these two were accused of treason against the Mongols and the later was
executed in 1277 [1277 CE]. The fall of his
patron seems to have been behind the escape of Iraqi to Sinop and from there to Egypt , where he found
refuge under the Mamluk Sultan Baybars al-Manṣūrī, approximately 1245-1325 .
He gained a high status at the court of the Mamluks and then moved from Egypt to Damascus where he
re-joined his son (who has stayed in Multan after Iraqi’s departure). He fell ill
shortly after his arrival in Syria and died on 8 Dhu al-Qa'dah 688 [1289 CE] at the age of
78.
Show variants
Araghi, FakhreDin Ebrahim, -1289?
Araqi, Fakhr al-din, -1289?
ʻArāqī, Fakhr al-Dīn Ibrāhīm, -1289?
Eraqi, Fakhroddin Ebrahim, -1289?
ʻErâqi, Faxr al-Din, -1289?
Fahreddîn-i Irâkî, -1289?
Fakhr al-Dīn Ibrāhīm ʻIrāqī, -1289?
Fakhruddin ʻIraqi, -1289?
Hamadâni, Faxr al-Din ʻErâqi, -1289?
Hamadānī ʻIrāqī, Fakhr al-Dīn Ibrāhīm, -1289?
Irâkî, Fahreddîn, -1289?
Iraki, Fakhriddin Ibragim, -1289?
ʻIrāqī, Fakhr al-Dīn Ibrāhīm, d. 1289?
ʻIraqi, Fakhruddin, -1289?
عراقى ، فخر الدين ابراهيم همدانى
عراقى، فخر الدين ابراهيم
عراقى، فخرالدين
فخر الدين ابراهيم عراقى
فخر الدين عراقى
Manuscripts by this author
Dah Faṣl
A compendium of texts by ʻIrāqī, Fakhr al-Dīn
Ibrāhīm,-1289? عراقى ، فخر الدين ابراهيم
Dīvān
This compilations contain: 1) Qaṣīdahs and some tarjī`bands, without
alphabetical arrangement; 2) Ghazals in alphabetical order from fol. 46v; and 3) rubāʿīs from fol. 126v Show more
Some of the Qaṣīdahs are in praise of the poet's Shaykh Bahāʼuddīn Zakariyyā, 1170?-1262, بهاء الدين زكريا
The author was also disciple of Ṣadr
al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Isḥāq al-Qūnawī, d. 1273 or 4, صدر
الدين القونوي، محمد بن إسحاق
Eşiâtül-Lamaʿāt
Guftār-i Fakhr al-Dīn
Iṣṭilāḥāt-i taṣavvuf
Iṣṭilāḥāt-i taṣawuf
This short work on Sufism is generally attributed to Iraqi but most probably it
is a version of the Rashf al-alḥāẓ fī kashf
al-alfāẓ (رشف الالحاظ فى کشف الالفاظ)
of Sharaf al-Dīn Ḥusayn Ulfatī
Tabrīzī, active 14th century .
Lamaʻāt
A tract in prose and verse on mystic love Show more
The author was the disciple of Ṣadr
al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Isḥāq al-Qūnawī, d. 1273 or 4, صدر
الدين القونوي، محمد بن إسحاق
Lamaʿāt
The most famous work of ʻIrāqī .
This work deals mostly with different aspects of Sufism, composed mixing prose and
verse and divided in 28 chapters. The work appears to be highly influenced by the
work of authors such as Ghazzālī,1058-1111 and Ibn
al-ʻArabī,1165-1240 . The work was composed in Anatolia and
allegedly shown to Ṣadr al-Dīn
al-Qūnawī, Muḥammad ibn Isḥāq, -1273 or 1274 , who praised its
quality.
Sara Ethel Wolper has suggested that the manuscript Şehid Ali Paşa_2703, ff. 17-35,
which she wrongly quotes as Süleymaniye
2703, was dedicated to the
Muʻīn al-Dı̄n Sulaymān, Parwānā, -1277 ( 111. However, after re-examining the
manuscript, we were not able to find any reference to Muʻīn al-Dı̄n Sulaymān in the
text. Show more
The work was composed not after 1274
A commentary on this work was done by Turkah Iṣfahānī, ʻAlī ibn Muḥammad, 1368 or 9-1431 or 2 in 815 entitled
z̤ū al-lamaʻāt (ضو
اللمعات). See for example British Library
add. 16832
Lamaʿāt Kudsiya fī al-Tawḥīd
Lamaʿāt aI-Kudsiyya
The most famous work of ʻIrāqī .
This work deals mostly with different aspects of Sufism, composed mixing prose and
verse and divided in 28 chapters. The work appears to be highly influenced by the
work of authors such as Ghazzālī,1058-1111 and Ibn
al-ʻArabī,1165-1240 . The work was composed in Anatolia and
allegedly shown to Ṣadr al-Dīn
al-Qūnawī, Muḥammad ibn Isḥāq, -1273 or 1274 , who praised its
quality.
Sara Ethel Wolper has suggested that the manuscript Şehid Alī Paşa_2703, ff. 17-35,
which she wrongly quotes as Süleymaniye
2703, was dedicated to the
Muʻīn al-Dı̄n Sulaymān, Parwānā, -1277 ( 111. However, after re-examining the
manuscript, we were not able to find any reference to Muʻīn al-Dı̄n Sulaymān in the text. Show more
The work was composed not after 1274
A commentary on this work was done by Turkah Iṣfahānī, ʻAlī ibn Muḥammad, 1368 or 9-1431 or 2 in 815 entitled z̤ū al-lamaʻāt (ضو اللمعات). See for example British Library add. 16832
Poetry
Risāla al-taṣavvuf
One of the works of ʻIrāqī .
This work deals mostly with different aspects of Sufism.
Risālah Iṣṭilāḥāt-i taṣawuf
Risālat al-Taṣawuf
Rubāʻīyāt
A compendium of poems by ʻIrāqī
including poetry in the form of Ruba’i.
Tarjīʻ'at va Gazalīyāt
Tarjīʻ-i band
Tercume-I Lamaʿāt
The most famous work of ʻIrāqī .
This work deals mostly with different aspects of Sufism, composed mixing prose and
verse and divided in 28 chapters. The work appears to be highly influenced by the
work of authors such as Ghazzālī,1058-1111 and Ibn
al-ʻArabī,1165-1240 . The work was composed in Anatolia and
allegedly shown to Ṣadr al-Dīn
al-Qūnawī, Muḥammad ibn Isḥāq, -1273 or 1274 , who praised its
quality.
Sara Ethel Wolper has suggested that the manuscript Şehid Alī Paşa_2703, ff. 17-35,
which she wrongly quotes as Süleymaniye
2703, was dedicated to the
Muʻīn al-Dı̄n Sulaymān, Parwānā, -1277 ( 111. However, after re-examining the
manuscript, we were not able to find any reference to Muʻīn al-Dı̄n Sulaymān in the text. Show more
The work was composed not after 1274
A commentary on this work was done by Turkah Iṣfahānī, ʻAlī ibn Muḥammad, 1368 or 9-1431 or 2 in 815 entitled z̤ū al-lamaʻāt (ضو اللمعات). See for example British Library add. 16832
Tercume-i Lamaʿāt
The most famous work of ʻIrāqī .
This work deals mostly with different aspects of Sufism, composed mixing prose and
verse and divided in 28 chapters. The work appears to be highly influenced by the
work of authors such as Ghazzālī,1058-1111 and Ibn
al-ʻArabī,1165-1240 . The work was composed in Anatolia and
allegedly shown to Ṣadr al-Dīn
al-Qūnawī, Muḥammad ibn Isḥāq, -1273 or 1274 , who praised its
quality.
Sara Ethel Wolper has suggested that the manuscript Şehid Alī Paşa_2703, ff. 17-35,
which she wrongly quotes as Süleymaniye
2703, was dedicated to the
Muʻīn al-Dı̄n Sulaymān, Parwānā, -1277 ( 111. However, after re-examining the
manuscript, we were not able to find any reference to Muʻīn al-Dı̄n Sulaymān in the text. Show more
The work was composed not after 1274
A commentary on this work was done by Turkah Iṣfahānī, ʻAlī ibn Muḥammad, 1368 or 9-1431 or 2 in 815 entitled z̤ū al-lamaʻāt (ضو اللمعات). See for example British Library add. 16832
al-Qirab fi Mahabbat al-'arab
ʻIshqnāmah
The "Book of Lovers," a poem in Mas̲navī verse, varied by Ghazals, treating in
ten sections of mystic love Show more
The author was the disciple of Ṣadr
al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Isḥāq al-Qūnawī, d. 1273 or 4, صدر
الدين القونوي، محمد بن إسحاق
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