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Abdullah Ansari

Islamic Scholars, Jurists & Sufi Teachers

Abu Ismail Abdullah al-Harawi al-Ansari, known as Abdullah Ansari of Herat and also called Pir-i Herat, meaning Sage of Herat, lived from 1006 to 1089 in Herat in the Ghaznavid Empire, in what is now Afghanistan. He was a Sufi saint, a commentator on the Quran, a scholar of the Hanbali school of Islamic law, a traditionalist and polemicist, and a spiritual master known for his oratory and poetic talent in Persian. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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1. Abdullah Ansari (Wikipedia)
  • Introduction: Sufi saint
    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, who lived in Herat, Ghaznavid Empire (modern-day Afghanistan).
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    lived from 1006 to 1089 in Herat in the Ghaznavid Empire, in what is now Afghanistan
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