Nasir Khusraw
11th-century Persian Isma'ili poet, scholar, philosopher, and missionary
Abu Mo’in Hamid al-Din Nasir ibn Khusraw Qubadiani Marvzi (1004-1088), also known as Nāsir Khusraw Qubādiyānī Balkhi or Nasir Khusraw Balkhi was a Persian poet. He was born in a village near Balkh in modern Afghanistan. He knew about science, medicine, mathematics, astronomy and astrology. He had studied Arabic, Turkish, Greek, Hindi, Sindhi, Hebrew and Persian. He wrote the Safarnama. In Safarnama, Naser Khosrow described his journey to Mecca, Cairo and Jerusalem and many other cities. His poems are collected in a diwan. He died in Yamagan, a village in Afghanistan.
Nasir Khusraw Balkhi ناصر خسرو بلخی | |
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| Born | 1004 Khorasan (present day Tajikistan) |
| Died | 1088 (aged 84) Yamgan, Khorasan (present day Badakhshan in Afghanistan) |
| Major shrine | Tomb of Nasir Khusrav Yamgan, Afghanistan |
Tradition or genre | Sufi poetry, Ismaili scholar |
| Major works | Safarnama, Wajh-i-Din, Zaad al-Musafirin, Sa'datnama, Rawshana-i-nama |
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