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  • 1 - Biography and Hagiography

  • from Part I - The Saint
  • Shivan Mahendrarajah, University of St Andrews, Scotland
  • Book:
    The Sufi Saint of Jam
    Published online:
    07 May 2021
    Print publication:
    08 April 2021, pp 9-31

  • Summary

    Ahmad-i Jam’s family and education are examined. Separating biography (putative fact) from hagiography (embellishment or fabrication), however, is challenging. His background includes elements that were whitewashed when political winds shifted, namely, Ahmad’s putative training in Karrami khanaqahs. His spiritual genealogy (silsila) was modified to interpolate a nexus to Imam Riza, the Eighth Imam for the Twelver Shiʿa. Ahmad-i Jam’s intellectual journey is captivating, and reflective of the fluidity of Khurasanian Sufism during his long life: Ahmad-i Jam, the son of a Shafiʿi scholar, transitioned to Karrami ascetic (zahid) and then to Hanafi mystic (sufi)