In celebration of Eid al-Fitr

This year, the Muslim festival of Eid al-Fitr begins on the evening of Tuesday 4th June. The festival marks the end of Ramadan, a month-long period of fasting and reflection. During Ramadan the Holy Qur’ān was revealed to Prophet Muhammad (pbuh). This blog looks at two copies of the Qur’ān along with a book of Sufi …

Hamsa i Jami

Hamsa i Jami ('Five Poems by Jami'). Persian, transcribed by Abdullah ul Hardy, 1531. R.13.8 Abdul-Rahman Jami (1414-1492), known simply as Jami, was one of Iran's most prolific and best known poets of the 15th century. His works feature scholarship, theology and religious allegory in the Sufi tradition, a form of Islamic mysticism that valued an …