Nasir-i-Khusraw
| Nasir Khusrav | |
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| Pir, poet, theologian, philosopher, scientist, traveler, missionary | |
| Born | 1004 Qabodiyon, Khorasan (present day Balkh) Afghanistan) |
| Died | 1088 (aged 84) Yamgan ,, Khorasan (present day Badakhshan, Afghanistan) |
| Major shrine | Tomb of Nasir Khusrav Yamgan, Afghanistan |
| Influences | Isma'ilism, Mu'ayyad fi'l-Din al-Shirazi |
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Tradition or genre
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Sufi poetry, Ismaili scholar |
| Major works | "Safarnama" |
Abu Mo’in Hamid ad-Din Nasir ibn Khusraw al-Qubadiani or Nāsir Khusraw Qubādiyānī Balkhi [also spelled as Nasir Khusrow and Naser Khosrow] (1004 – 1088 CE) (Persian: ناصر خسرو قبادیانی) was a Persian poet, philosopher, Isma'ili scholar, traveler and one of the greatest writers in Persian literature. He was born in Qabodiyon, (Qabādiyān), a village in Bactria in the ancient Greater Iranian province of Khorasan, now in modern Tajikistan and died in Yamagan, now Afghanistan.
He is considered one of the great poets and writers in Persian literature. The Safarnama, an account of his travels, is his most famous work and remains required reading in Iran even today.
Nasir Khusraw was born in 1004 AD, in Qabodiyon. He was well versed in the branches of the natural sciences, medicine, mathematics, astronomy and astrology, Greek philosophy, and the writings of al-Kindi, al-Farabi and Ibn Sina; and in the interpretation of the Qur'an. He also studied Arabic, Turkish, Greek, the vernacular languages of India and Sindh, and perhaps even Hebrew; and had visited Multan and Lahore, and the splendid Ghaznavid court under Sultan Mahmud, Firdousi's patron. He later chose Merv for his residence, and was the owner of a house and garden there.
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