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ʿABD-AL-RAḤMĀN NUR-AL-DIN b. Neẓām-al-Din Aḥmad-e Dašti, Persian poet, scholar, and Sufi (1414-1492). A version of this article is available in print Volume XIV, Fascicle 5, pp. 469-482 JĀMI, ʿABD-AL-RAḤMĀN NUR-AL-DIN b. Neẓām-al-Din Aḥmad-e Dašti, Persian poet, scholar, and Sufi of the 15th century (b. Ḵarjerd-e Jām, November 7, 1414/d. Herat, November 9, 1492). For a music sample, see Ḥazin. For a music sample, see Ḥeṣār - part 2. JĀMI i. Life and Works LIFE Though born in the hamlet of Ḵarjerd, Jāmi would take his penname from the nearby village of Jām (lying about…

(Ar. Yusof), son of the biblical patriarch Jacob. The story of Joseph has always been a source of attractive subject matters for the exegetists of the Qurʾān, poets, miniaturists, and popular tales. A version of this article is available in print Volume XV, Fascicle 1, pp. 30-44 JOSEPH (Yusof). The story of Joseph is described in the Qurʾān (12.3) as the most beautiful of stories ( aḥsan al-qeṣaṣ). As a graphic romance of love and adversity, of an innocent boy of incomparable beauty sold into slavery by his own brothers, his rise as a young righteous young man …