Abu Ishaq of Kazerun

Abū Ishaq of Kazerun
Tomb of Abū Ishaq of Kazerun
Mystic Poet, Sufi Master
Born(963-10-12)12 October 963
Kazerun, Buyid dynasty
Died20 September 1035(1035-09-20) (aged 71)
Kazerun, Buyid dynasty
Resting placeIvan-e Morshedi, Kazerun, Iran
Venerated inTraditional Islam, and especially by Sufi (in Iran, India, China and Ottoman Empire)
InfluencesIbn Khafif
InfluencedKhwaju Kermani, Amin al-Din Balyani, Attar of Nishapur, Ruzbihan Baqli, Kings of Iran, Kings of India, Ottoman emperors and many other later Sufi Poets
Tradition or genre
Mystic poetry
Major worksEstablishing the Kazeruniyeh (Morshediyeh) sufism

Ibrāhīm bin Shahryar bin Zadan Farrokh bin Khorshid (Persian: ابراهیم بن شهریار بن زادان‌فرخ بن خورشید; c. 963 – c. 1035), better known by his pen-names Abū Ishaq (ابواسحاق) and Sheykh Abū Ishaq of Kazerun (شیخ ابواسحاق کازرونی) and Nicknamed Sheykh Murshid (شیخ مرشد), was a famous Iraninan Sufi of the late 4th and early 5th century AH. He was the founder of the Kazeruniyeh sufism, which spread eastwards to India and China, and westwards to Anatolia and Baghdad.

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