Ta?iyya-yi ?Abd al-Rahman-i Jami

Ibn al-Farid (d. 632/1235) is arguably the greatest mystical poet in the history of Arabic literature. Born in Cairo and a student of Shafi?i law and hadith in his younger years, he turned to mysticism, living a solitary existence on Cairo's Muqattam hills, in the desert, and in the Hijaz. After his return to Cairo, people worshipped him as a saint and even today, admirers still visit his tomb in ...