Najm al-Din Kubra

Najm al-Din Kubra
Najm al-Din Kubra
Personal life
Born1145 CE
(540 AH)
Died1221 CE
(618 AH)
Resting placeKonye-Urgench, Turkmenistan
EraIslamic Golden Age
RegionKonye-Urgench
Main interest(s)Sufism
Religious life
ReligionIslam
DenominationSunni
JurisprudenceShafi'i school
TariqaKubrawiya (founder)
CreedAsh'ari

Najm ad-Din Kubra (Persian: نجم‌الدین کبری) was a 13th-century Khwarezmian Sufi from Khwarezm and the founder of the Kubrawiya, influential in the Ilkhanate and Timurid dynasty. His method, exemplary of a "golden age" of Sufi metaphysics, was related to the Illuminationism of Shahab al-Din Yahya ibn Habash Suhrawardi as well as to Rumi's Shams Tabrizi. Kubra was born in 540/1145 and died in 618/1221.