the reciprocity of ‘influence’ and the five presences: jāmī’s golden chain and ibn al-ʿarabī’s bezels of wisdom

An eminent commentator of ‘ibn al-ʿarabī’s works is the 15th century persian polymath nūr ad-dīn ʿabd al-raḥmān jāmī (d. 898/1492), who emerges as a pivotal figure in the intellectual and mystical landscape of his time. recognized as a defender of the akbarian doctrine in circles of debate in iraq and in his residence herat, jāmī ’s reverence for ibn al-ʿarabī is palpable in both his poetry and prose. jāmī commenced his educational pursuit at a young age in his hometown, jām, khurāsān. his exceptional aptitude for the religious sciences prompted his father, nizām al-dīn aḥmad, to relocate the family to the cultural capital of the time, herat, to accelerate jāmī ’s studies. merely in a few years, jāmī was recognized as an erudite and successfully passed all his studies under acclaimed scholars in both samarqand and heart. jāmī perfected all fields of learning such as islamic theology, exegesis, ḥadīth, arabic grammar and literature, astronomy, mathematics, and music.