Sarmad Kashani

Sarmad Kashani
Sarmad Kashani
	Shah Sarmad (centre) seated with Dara Shikoh (right) – a single leaf from a manuscript
Personal life
Born	c. 1590; Armenia, Safavid Armenia
Died	1661; Delhi, Delhi Subah, Mughal Empire
Main interest(s)	Mysticism; Atheism; syncretism; poetry; Sufi metaphysics;
Religious life
Religion	Unknown
Creed	Atheism
Senior posting
	Influenced by Mulla Sadra, Mir Findiriski;
	Influenced Dara Shikoh, Abul Kalam Azad;

Sarmad Kashani (c. 1590–1661) was a Persian-speaking Armenian mystic and poet who travelled to and made the Indian subcontinent his permanent home during the 17th century. Originally Jewish, he may have renounced his religion to adopt Islam.^[1] However his conversion was probably only nominal and superficial, since he himself later warned the Jews not to convert themselves.^[6]^[2] Sarmad, in his poetry, states that he is neither Jewish, nor Muslim, nor Hindu.^[7]

^ ^a ^b Prigarina, Natalia. "SARMAD: LIFE AND DEATH OF A SUFI" (PDF). Institute of Oriental Studies, Russia. Retrieved 24 May 2016.
^ ^a ^b Fischel, Walter J. “Jews and Judaism at the Court of the Moghul Emperors in Medieval India.” Proceedings of the American Academy for Jewish Research, vol. 18, 1948, pp. 137–77, doi:10.2307/3622197. Accessed 1 May 2022.
^ Cite error: The named reference Sufism:HermeneuticsAndDoctrines was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ "Poetry Chaikhana | Sarmad – Muslim/Sufi – Poetry, Biography, Books". www.poetry-chaikhana.com. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
^ Cite error: The named reference ArmeniaAResumé was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Prigarina, Natalia. "SARMAD: LIFE AND DEATH OF A SUFI" (PDF). Institute of Oriental Studies, Russia. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
^ Cite error: The named reference poetry was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[SarmadLifeAndDeath-1] Prigarina, Natalia. "SARMAD: LIFE AND DEATH OF A SUFI" (PDF). Institute of Oriental Studies, Russia. Retrieved 24 May 2016.

[CourtOfTheMoghulEmperors-2] Fischel, Walter J. “Jews and Judaism at the Court of the Moghul Emperors in Medieval India.” Proceedings of the American Academy for Jewish Research, vol. 18, 1948, pp. 137–77, doi:10.2307/3622197. Accessed 1 May 2022.

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[4] "Poetry Chaikhana | Sarmad – Muslim/Sufi – Poetry, Biography, Books". www.poetry-chaikhana.com. Retrieved 10 September 2024.

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[6] Prigarina, Natalia. "SARMAD: LIFE AND DEATH OF A SUFI" (PDF). Institute of Oriental Studies, Russia. Retrieved 2 May 2022.

[poetry-7] Cite error: The named reference poetry was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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