The Mystical Journey of Jami: A Life Woven in Poetry and Sufism Born Nur al-Din Muhammad Dashti sometime around 1408-1409, though precise dates remain shrouded in the mists of Persian history, Abd al-Rahman Jami – often simply known as Jami or Djāmī – emerged from a world steeped in intellectual and spiritual fervor. His birthplace, near Jam, in present-day Afghanistan, provided an early grounding in the rich traditions of Islamic sch…