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Najmuddīn-e Kubrā ( ) or Najm al-Din Kubra, (Shaykh Abū al-Jannāb Ahmad ibn ‘Umar) was a 13th-century Persian Sufi from Khwarezmia , the founder of the Kubrawiyya or Kibruyeh Sufi order, influential in the Ilkhanid and Timurid .1His method, exemplary of a "golden age" of sufi metaphysics, was related to the Illuminism of Shahab al-Din Suhrawardi as well as to Rumi 's Shams Tabrizi . Kubra was born in 540/1145 and died in 617/1220 .2Among his twelve students one can mention Najmeddin Razi , Sayfeddin Bakhezri , Majd al-Dīn Baghdādī , and Baha'uddin Walad, father of Jalaluddin Rumi . Sa'deddin Hamawi's correspondence with Ibn Arabi shows the influence of the Kubrawi in the decades following the invasion of Kwarezmia by Gengis Khan. Najmuddin was called "the saint-maker". He was the 16th master of the Oveyssi order, which is still in existence today with more than 500,000 students worldwide. He wrote the books: منازل السائرين ومقامات الطائرين فوائح الجمال و فواتح الجلال رساله الخائف الهائم من لومه اللائم Reputedly when two of his students were drowned by Muhammad II of Khwarezm in the river Jaxartes , he cast a curse ( nefrin ) on the Khwarazmid shah. Not long after, Genghis Khan annihilated the Khwarezmid Empire in 1220CE. He was murdered in 1221CE, and is said to be buried in Khwarazm .3 Henry Corbin , " History of Islamic Philosophy " and " En Islam Iranien ".
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Najmuddīn-e Kubrā ( ) or Najm al-Din Kubra, (Shaykh Abū al-Jannāb Ahmad ibn ‘Umar) was a 13th-century Persian Sufi from Khwarezmia , the founder of the Kubrawiyya or Kubraviyah Sufi order, influential in the Ilkhanid and Timurid . His method, exemplary of a "golden age" of Sufi metaphysics , was related to the Illuminationism of Shahab al-Din Suhrawardi as well as to Rumi 's Shams Tabrizi . Kubra was born in 540/1145 and died in 618/1221. Henry Corbin , " History of Islamic Philosophy " and " En Islam Iranien ".
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Najm ad-Dīn Kubrà ( ) was a 13th-century Khwarezmian Sufi from Khwarezm and the founder of the Kubrawiya , influential in the Ilkhanate and Timurid dynasty . His method, exemplary of a "golden age" of Sufi metaphysics , was related to the Illuminationism of Shahab al-Din Yahya ibn Habash Suhrawardi as well as to Rumi 's Shams Tabrizi . Kubra was born in 540/1145 and died in 618/1221. Henry Corbin , " History of Islamic Philosophy " and " En Islam Iranien ".
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13th-century Sufi, founder of the Kubrawiya order Najm ad-Din Kubra ( ) was a 13th-century Khwarezmian Sufi from Khwarezm and the founder of the Kubrawiya , influential in the Ilkhanate and Timurid dynasty . His method, exemplary of a "golden age" of Sufi metaphysics , was related to the Illuminationism of Shahab al-Din Yahya ibn Habash Suhrawardi as well as to Rumi 's Shams Tabrizi . Kubra was born in 540/1145 and died in 618/1221. Henry Corbin , " History of Islamic Philosophy " and " En Islam Iranien ".
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− 13th-century Sufi, founder of the Kubrawiya order Najm ad-Din Kubra ( Persian : نجمالدین کبری ) was a 13th-century Khwarezmian Sufi from Khwarezm and the founder of the Kubrawiya , influential in the Ilkhanate and Timurid dynasty . His method, exemplary of a "golden age" of Sufi metaphysics , was related to the Illuminationism of Shahab al-Din Yahya ibn Habash Suhrawardi as well as to Rumi 's Shams Tabrizi . Kubra was born in 540/1145 and died in 618/1221. Henry Corbin , " History of Islamic Philosophy " and " En Islam Iranien ".
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