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Jami

जामी
said jaa-mee
also written: Abdur Rahman Jami
Meaning

Nuruddin Abdur Rahman Jami (1414-1492), the last great classical Persian poet and Sufi, famed for works such as Yusuf-o-Zulaikha.

Usage & notes

Jami is invoked as a culminating master of Persian verse and mystical romance; his name closes the canon of the great classical poets the tradition looks back to.