Shams Tabrizi (indirectly through Rumi)

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Shams Tabrizi was a 13th-century Persian mystic and spiritual teacher whose transformative companionship with the poet Rumi profoundly shaped Rumi’s mystical thought and poetry.

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Shams Tabrizi (indirectly through Rumi) canonical 1

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instanceOf Persian mystic ⓘ
spiritual teacher ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Shams-e Tabrizi ⓘ
Shams-i Tabrizi ⓘ
linked to: Shams-e Tabrizi
associatedWithCity Konya ⓘ
associatedWithPerson Jalal al-Din Rumi ⓘ
linked to: Rumi
birthCentury 13th century ⓘ
commemoratedIn Rumi’s Divan-e Shams-e Tabrizi ⓘ
coreTeaching annihilation of the ego (fana) ⓘ
primacy of love in the spiritual path ⓘ
culturalImpact inspiration for modern literature on mystical love ⓘ
subject of contemporary novels and studies about Rumi ⓘ
deathCentury 13th century ⓘ
ethnicity Persian ⓘ
historicalStatus partly legendary due to scarce contemporary records ⓘ
influenced Jalal al-Din Rumi ⓘ
linked to: Rumi

Persian Sufi literature ⓘ
Rumi’s mystical thought ⓘ
Rumi’s poetry ⓘ
later Sufi mystics ⓘ
languageContext Persian cultural and linguistic milieu ⓘ
legacy central figure in Rumi studies ⓘ
symbol of the spiritual beloved in Sufi tradition ⓘ
meetingWithRumi Konya, mid-13th century ⓘ
memorialSite Mausoleum of Shams Tabrizi in Khoy (traditional attribution) ⓘ
name Shams al-Din Muhammad ⓘ
linked to: Shams al-Din
notableFor transformative companionship with Jalal al-Din Rumi ⓘ
occupation spiritual guide ⓘ
wandering dervish ⓘ
placeOfOrigin Tabriz ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
religiousTradition Sufism ⓘ
roleInRumisLife beloved friend ⓘ
catalyst of mystical transformation ⓘ
spiritual companion ⓘ
subjectOf numerous Sufi hagiographies ⓘ
teachingStyle ecstatic and unconventional ⓘ
emphasis on direct experience of the divine ⓘ
topicIn scholarship on Rumi’s transformation from jurist to mystic ⓘ
veneratedAs saint by many Sufis ⓘ

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Sultan Walad → influencedBy → Shams Tabrizi (indirectly through Rumi) ⓘ