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. His 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.

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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. His 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. Among 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.
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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. His 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.
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