Awhad al-Din Kermani

AwÃ¡Â¸Â¥ad al-DÃÂ«n Ã¡Â¸Â¤ÃÂmid ibn Abi ÃÂ¾l-Fakhr KirmÃÂnÃÂ« (Persian: ÃÂ§ÃÂÃÂÃÂ¯ÃÂ§ÃÂÃÂ¯ÃÂÃÂ ÃÂÃÂ§ÃÂÃÂ¯ ÃÂ¨ÃÂ ÃÂ§ÃÂ¨ÃÂ ÃÂ§ÃÂÃÂÃÂ®ÃÂ±; died 21 March 1238) was a Persian poet and Ã¡Â¹Â¢ÃÂ«fÃÂ« mystic.

KirmÃÂnÃÂ« studied under Rukn al-DÃÂ«n al-SijÃÂsÃÂ« and joined the Ã¡Â¹ÂarÃÂÃÂ¾iq (orders) of QuÃ¡Â¹Âb al-DÃÂ«n al-AbharÃÂ« and AbÃÂ« NajÃÂ«b al-SuhrawardÃÂ«. He traveled from KirmÃÂn through Azerbaijan, Iraq and Syria and met many leading mystics and philosophers of the day, including Shams al-DÃÂ«n TabrÃÂ«zÃÂ«, JalÃÂl al-DÃÂ«n RÃÂ«mÃÂ«, ÃÂ¿UthmÃÂn RÃÂ«mÃÂ«, SaÃ¡Â¸Âr al-DÃÂ«n al-QÃÂ«nawÃÂ« and Fakhr al-DÃÂ«n al-ÃÂ¿IrÃÂqÃÂ«. In Damascus, he met Ibn ÃÂ¿ArabÃÂ«, who exercised a great influence on his ideas. He ended his life a teacher in Baghdad, where he was rewarded by the caliph al-MustanÃ¡Â¹Â£ir in 1234/1235. He probably died on 21 March 1238.

KirmÃÂnÃÂ«'s writings belong to the tradition of ShÃÂhidbÃÂzÃÂ«, seeing divine beauty in earthly things. He was criticized for the homoerotic nature of some of his writings.

Awhad al-Din Kermani

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