Khwajah ʿAbd Allāh al-Anṣārī

Khwajah ʿAbd Allāh al-Anṣārī of Herāt (died 1088), a prolific writer on religious topics in both Arabic and Persian, first popularized the literary “prayer,” or mystical contemplation, written in Persian in rhyming prose interspersed with verses. Sanāʾī (died 1131?), at one time a court poet…

…of the poet and saint ʿAbd Allāh al-Anṣārī, situated on rising ground north of the city; it was built by the Timurid Shāh Rokh.