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included Humam amongst the "finest Persian writers and poets of classical Persian" that Azerbaijan had produced. Leonard Lewisohn calls him one of the most distinguished figures of his time due to his poetry, teachings, piety, and Sufi spirituality. According to the modern historian Dhabihallah Safa;
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On the accusation of financial misappropriation, Shams al-Din Juvayni was executed on 17 October 1284. He left a goodbye letter, which specifically mentions Humam when addressing the clerics of Tabriz. Although Humam was close to the Juvayni family, the execution of Shams al-Din Juvayni did not hurt
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that Humam could enter the spiritual and literary circle of the Persian-speaking political elite. Humam played an important role in the cultural and political environment of Tabriz, during a period which the Ilkhanate rulers were being
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and the latter's son Sadr al-Din Ibrahim Hamuya, suggests that Humam was possibly associated with the order. According to Hafiz Husayn ibn Karbala'i, Humam's Sufi master was Hasan Bulghari, whilst the 18th-century text
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taken from the court treasury. He referred Humam as an "exemplar for all mortals, the crème de la crème of his epoch… a man unique in his age, the most perfect man in the entire human species."
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Humam died in 1314/15 at the age of 78, and was buried in the Sorkhab district of Tabriz. Soon after his death, Rashid al-Din Hamadani assembled his
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his career. He managed to affiliate himself with the grand vizier Sa'd al-Din Savaji, and then the latter's successor,
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It was in Tabriz that Humam distinguished himself amongst the political and intellectual figures. He was close to the
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poet. Details regarding his early life and education are obscure, including his place of birth. According to Humam's
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History and Historiography of Post-Mongol Central Asia and the Middle East: Studies in Honor of John E. Woods
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genre, and imitated his style and tone. Like Saadi, Humam focuses mostly on the topic of love;
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considered Humam along with Saadi "the only two perfect masters of the genre of the Persian
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between 1265 and 1307. He occasionally took trips to other places, including a visit to
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Politics, Patronage and the Transmission of Knowledge in 13th - 15th Century Tabriz
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about the religious syncretism of this period, especially under the Ilkhanid ruler
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in 1284, Humam managed to find support amongst other political figures, such as
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In 1972, the historian Rashid Ayvadi composed a critical edition of Humam's
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Humam-i Tabrizi and Shirazi Sheikh in a bath. Folio from a manuscript of
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rhetoric, grammar, and style. Humam responded by assembling a book of
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was written in two languages mixed together, which according to the
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Early Mongol Rule in Thirteenth-Century Iran: A Persian Renaissance
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Humam considered Saadi to be the greatest writer of the romantic
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era, who composed works in Persian, as well as some in
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was still active in 1487, as reported by Dawlatshah.
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Brill. pp. 41–50. 650: 268:as a homage to Qutb al-Din al-Shirazi. 218:region that served the capital of the 780: 7: 816: 792: 1168:14th-century Persian-language poets 1153:13th-century Persian-language poets 630:imitated his style in seven of his 514:Humam is known to have written two 511:in honour of several Sufi masters. 118: 16:Persian Sufi poet (c.1238–c. 1315) 14: 319:, both patrons of Humam-i Tabrizi 311:15th-century miniature depicting 70: 1072:10.1163/1573-3912_islam_COM_1137 993:; Matringe, Denis; Nawas, John; 628:Muhammad Shirin Maghribi Tabrizi 1007:10.1163/1573-3912_ei3_COM_30552 438: 427: 416: 381: 353:with an annual income of 1,000 1001:(3rd ed.). Brill Online. 244:. Humam was also a student of 185:("Book of companionship") and 1: 1173:14th-century Iranian writers 1098:. Otto Harrassowitz Verlag. 121:; 1238/39 – 1314/15), was a 1158:13th-century Iranian people 718:Hanaway & Lewisohn 2004 579:, was a mix of Persian and 335:Sharaf al-Din Harun Juvayni 298:Tadhkira-yi suhuf-i Ibrahim 287:of two masters of the Sufi 1204: 1178:Burials in Maqbaratoshoara 983:Lewisohn, Leonard (2016). 929:. Brill. pp. 77–129. 583:, the latter which was an 349:of Ilkhanate—supplied the 333:(Sufi lodge) in Tabriz by 1092:; Tucker, Ernest (2006). 986:"Humām al-Dīn al-Tabrīzī" 935:10.1163/9789004262577_005 730:Minorsky & Blair 2000 248:, who dedicated his work 189:("Book of epic verses"). 30: 1163:Poets from the Ilkhanate 536:as the influential poem 481:, which encompasses 220 337:, whom he dedicated his 95:Divan of Humam-i Tabrizi 742:Woods & Tucker 2006 999:Encyclopaedia of Islam 834:"Jovayni, Ṣāḥeb Divān" 832:Biran, Michal (2009). 614:("Book of lovers") by 587:native to Azerbaijan. 408:Rashid al-Din Hamadani 320: 258:Siraj al-Din al-Sakaki 246:Qutb al-Din al-Shirazi 197:Humam-i Tabrizi was a 156:Rashid al-Din Hamadani 966:10.4324/9780203417874 952:Lane, George (2003). 591:Legacy and assessment 369:. He regularly wrote 310: 302:Sa'id al-Din Farghani 260:and which focused on 238:Dawlatshah Samarqandi 530:Kitab-i mathnaviyyat 400:Mu'in al-Din Parwana 360:It was through this 343:Shams al-Din Juvayni 317:Shams al-Din Juvayni 242:Nasir al-Din al-Tusi 229:and a pilgrimage to 187:Kitab-i mathnaviyyat 171:. He also wrote two 152:Shams al-Din Juvayni 103:Kitab-i mathnaviyyat 819:, pp. 321–326. 807:, pp. 238–245. 720:, pp. 434–435. 989:. In Fleet, Kate; 539:Hadiqat al-haqiqat 390:as advisor to the 321: 281:Rashidun Caliphate 1135:978-0-71009-115-4 1081:978-90-04-11211-7 915:978-0-933273-78-8 894:Lewisohn, Leonard 881:978-0-933273-89-4 851:978-1-934283-14-1 783:, pp. 71–74. 524:); the first was 520:(poem in rhyming 489:starts with five 177:(poem in rhyming 119:همام الدین تبریزی 108: 107: 62:1314/15 (aged 78) 41:, Iran, probably 1195: 1139: 1122:Yarshater, Ehsan 1109: 1085: 1053:Heinrichs, W. 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Humam-i Tabrizi and Shirazi Sheikh in a bath. Folio from a manuscript of Nigaristan, Iran, probably Shiraz, dated 1573-74.
Shiraz
Persian
Arabic
Old Azeri
Persian
Sufi
Ilkhanate
Arabic
Tabriz
Juvayni family
khanqah
Shams al-Din Juvayni
Rashid al-Din Hamadani
ghazal
Saadi Shirazi
masnavis
couplets
Persian
Sufi
divan
Tabriz
Azerbaijan
Mongol
Ilkhanate
Baghdad
Mecca
Dawlatshah Samarqandi
Nasir al-Din al-Tusi
Qutb al-Din al-Shirazi

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