Sadīd ud-Dīn Muhammad Ibn Muhammad 'Aufī Bukhārī (; ), also known under the laqab Nour ud-Dīn, was a Persians
Biography
Born in
Bukhara, Aufi claimed descent from Abd al-Raḥmān ibn ʿAwf (d. 654) a companion of the Islamic prophet
Muhammad.
He grew up during the apex of the Islamic Golden Age and spent many years traveling, exploring, and lecturing to the common folk and the royalty alike in
Delhi,
Greater Khorasan,
Khwarizm,
Samarkand,
Merv,
Neishaboor,
Sistan and
Ghaznayn.
[Reynold Alleyne Nicholson, Studies in Islamic Poetry, (Cambridge University Press, 1969), 1.] Apparently Aufi was for some time in the service of the
Qarakhanid Uthman ibn Ibrahim who placed him in charge of his correspondence (dīvān-e ensha). Aufi left Samarkand before 1204.
Later he spent most of his time at the court of the
Ghurids. He dedicated his first grand work
Lubab ul-Albab, which consisted of poems by kings and poets of ancient times,
[ Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, Vol. 9, (T.R.Harrison, 1848), 113.] to Amir Nāsiruddīn Qobājeh (ناصرالدین قباجه) (d. 1227), who was then ruler of
Multan.
His second magnum opus Jawami ul-Hikayat was written under the name of the Vizier of the Ghurid Amir of Delhi. He lived during the reign of Shamsuddin Iltutmish (Altamash) (r. 1211–1236) who was the third Muslim Turkic sultan of the Sultanate of Delhi, and the book is dedicated to his minister, Nizām-ul-Mulk Muhammad, son of Abu Sa'id Junaidi.
Works
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Lubab ul-Albab (variously translated as "Quintessence of Hearts", "The best selection", or "The select of the select", لباب الالباب), published 1220.
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Al-Farj ba'd ul-Shudat ("Joy after difficulty", الفرج بعد الشدة), translated 1226.
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Jawami ul-Hikayat ("Collection of tales and the light of traditions", جوامع الحكايات و لوامع الروايات), published 1228.
Work online
See also
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List of Iranian scientists
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List of Persian poets and authors
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