Khwaja Abdullah Ansari
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Khwaja Abdullah Ansari 🇦🇫

خواجه عبدالله انصاری (Known as "Pir-e Herat")
Sufi Master, Theologian, Hanbali Jurist, Author of Munajat and Sad Maydan
Born 1006-05-04 🇦🇫 Herat, Afghanistan
Passed Away 1089-03-08 Herat, Afghanistan
Lifespan 82 years old
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Archival Overview

Colossal 11th-century Persian Sufi mystic and Islamic scholar known as Pir-e Herat (The Sage of Herat), author of the beloved Munajat (Whispered Prayers) and Stations of the Wayfarers.

Biographical Record

Abu Ismail Abdullah ibn Muhammad al-Ansari was born on May 4, 1006, in the ancient fortress of Kohandezh in Herat, descending from Abu Ayyub al-Ansari, a companion of Prophet Muhammad. Blind in his later years, he possessed an encyclopedic memory of Hadith, Arabic philology, and Islamic law.

Ansari served as the foremost spiritual guide of Khorasan. His poetic, rhyming prose work Munajat (Intimate Conversations with God) remains one of the supreme masterpieces of Persian mystical literature, while his Arabic manual Manazil al-Sa'irin (Stations of the Wayfarers) outlines the one hundred spiritual stages of the soul journeying toward divine union. His magnificent shrine at Gazar Gah in Herat is a UNESCO-recognized spiritual pilgrimage site.

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Final Resting Place

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Gazar Gah Shrine Complex
Herat, Afghanistan
GPS: 34.3750, 62.2417
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