Awhadi Maraghai
Awhadi Maraghei (also spelled Auhadi; Persian: اوحدی مراغهای) (1274/75–1338) was a Persian Sufi poet primarily based in Azerbaijan during the rule of the Mongol Ilkhanate.
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Folio of a copy of Awhadi Maraghai's Jam-i Jam, signed by Kamal ud-Din Behzad, Timurid Herat, dated 1459/60 | |
| Born | 1274/75 Isfahan, Ilkhanate |
| Died | 6 April 1338 Maragha, Jalayirid Sultanate |
| Notable works | Divan of Awhadi Maraghai Mathnawi-yi Jam-i jam |
He is usually surnamed "Maraghai", but also mentioned as Awhadi Esfahani because his father hailed from Isfahan and he himself spent part of his life there. He first chose the pen-name Safi, but changed it to Awhadi after becoming a devotee of the school of the famous mystic Awhad al-Din Kermani.
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