Abdullah Ansari

Abū Ismāʿīl al-Harawī
أبو إسماعيل الهروي
Abdullah Ansari (holding a book) with Abu Ahmad. Folio from Kamal al-Din Gazurgahi's Majalis al-ushshaq, created in Shiraz, Safavid Iran, second half 16th century
TitleShaykh al-Islām, Sage of Herat
Personal
BornMay 4, 1006
Herat, Ghaznavid Empire
Died1089 (aged 82-83)
Herat, Ghaznavid Empire
ReligionIslam
DenominationSunni Islam
JurisprudenceHanbali[3]
CreedAthari[1]
MovementSufi[2]
Muslim leader
Influenced
Arabic name
Personal (Ism)ʿAbd Allāh
(عبد الله)
Patronymic (Nasab)Ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad ibn ʿAlī ibn Jaʿfar ibn Manṣūr ibn Matt
(بن محمد بن علي بن محمد بن أحمد بن علي بن جعفر بن منصور بن مت)
Teknonymic (Kunya)Abū Ismāʿīl
(أبو إسماعيل)
Toponymic (Nisba)al-Harawī
(الهروي)

Abu Ismaïl Abdullah al-Harawi al-Ansari or Abdullah Ansari of Herat (1006–1089) (Persian: خواجه عبدالله انصاری) also known as Pir-i Herat (پیر هرات) "Sage of Herat", was a Sufi saint,[7][8] who lived in Herat (modern-day Afghanistan). Ansari was a commentator on the Qur'an, scholar of the Hanbali school of thought (madhhab), traditionalist, polemicist and spiritual master, known for his oratory and poetic talents in Arabic and Persian.[9]

Tomb in Herat
Abdullah Ansari portrayed on a stamp in Tajikistan (2010). Flags of the three Persian speaking countries displayed on top: Iran, Afghanistan, and Tajikistan.
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  6. ^ Livnat Holtzman (January 2009). "Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyyah". Essays in Arabic Literary Biography. Bar Ilan University: 219.
  7. ^ A. G. Ravân Farhâdi, ʻAbd Allāh ibn Muḥammad Anṣārī al-Harawī, "ʻAbdullāh Anṣārī of Herāt (1006-1089 C.E.): an early Shia Ṣūfi master", Routledge, 996.
  8. ^ "ʿABDALLĀH ANṢĀRĪ – Encyclopaedia Iranica". www.iranicaonline.org. Retrieved 2020-05-31.
  9. ^ Cite error: The named reference Iranica was invoked but never defined (see the help page).