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Sanai
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'''Hakim Abul-Majd Majdūd ibn Ādam Sanā'ī Ghaznavi (), more commonly known as Sanai''', was a poet in the Ghaznavid Empire, who wrote in Persian. He was born in 1080 and died in 1150.
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Sanai, also known as Abū al-Majd Majdūd ibn Ādam Sanāʼī al-Ghaznavī, was a male poet and philosopher from the Ghaznavid Empire. Born in Ghazni in 1080, he lived as a mystic within the Islamic tradition. He wrote in Dari and Persian, and his notable work includes Hadiqat al-Haqiqa.
He died in Ghazni, with sources citing either July 9, 1131, or circa 1150. His literary output comprises 26 works, including Osori muntakhab, Dīvān-i Sanāʼī, Makātīb-i Sanāʼī, Masnavīhā-yi ḥakīm Sanā'ī, and Mas̲navīʹhā-yi Sanāyī. He is described in the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary.
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Person · Open Library
- Died
- ca. 1150
- Works
- 26
Top works
- Huva kitāb-i mustaṭāb-i Kullīyāt-i qaṣāyid-i rafīʻah va ghazalīyāt-i badīʻah va muqaṭṭaʻāt-i anīqah va rubāʻīyāt-i daqīqah az natāyij-i afkār-i zubdat al-sālikīn va shams al-ʻārifīn ṣadr al-ṭarīqah va qivām al-ḥaqīqah muḥarrir al-dunyā muqbil al-dīn naẓẓām al-naẓm al-muʼas̲s̲ir al-nas̲r mādiḥ sayyid al-anbiyāʼ khātim al-shiʻr ḥakīm al-ʻaṣr malik al-kalām muḥaqqiq al-anām Abū al-Majd Majdūd ibn Ādam (Ḥakīm) Sanāʼī al-Ghaznavī ʻalayhi al-raḥmah ...
- Osori muntakhab
- Dīvān-i Sanāʾī
- Makātīb-i Sanāʼī
- Masnavīhā-yi ḥakīm Sanā'ī
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Key facts
- Writer <! for more information see [[:Template:Infobox writer/doc]] >.name
- Sana'i Ghaznavi
- Writer <! for more information see [[:Template:Infobox writer/doc]] >.image
- "Hakim Sanai addressing the Sultan of Ghazna" Folio from Hadiqat al Haqiqa (The Garden of Truth and The Path to Trek) MS OR. 1651, fol. 1b.png
- Writer <! for more information see [[:Template:Infobox writer/doc]] >.caption
- "Hakim Sanai addressing the Sultan of Ghazna" Folio from Hadiqat al Haqiqa, dated 1579, Safavid-era miniature, currently in Leiden University
- Writer <! for more information see [[:Template:Infobox writer/doc]] >.birth_date
- 1080
- Writer <! for more information see [[:Template:Infobox writer/doc]] >.birth_place
- Ghazni, Ghaznavid Empire
- Writer <! for more information see [[:Template:Infobox writer/doc]] >.death_date
- 1150
- Writer <! for more information see [[:Template:Infobox writer/doc]] >.death_place
- Ghazni, Ghaznavid Empire
- Writer <! for more information see [[:Template:Infobox writer/doc]] >.occupation
- Persian literature
- Writer <! for more information see [[:Template:Infobox writer/doc]] >.genre
- Sufi poetry, Wisdom Literature
- Writer <! for more information see [[:Template:Infobox writer/doc]] >.notableworks
- The Walled Garden of Truth
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Ghaznavid Empire
- Place of birth
- Ghazni
- Place of death
- Ghazni
- Occupation
- philosopher
- Languages spoken
- Persian
- Religion
- Islam
- Notable work
- Hadiqat al-Haqiqa
- Image
- "Hakim Sanai addressing the Sultan of Ghazna" Folio from Hadiqat al Haqiqa (The Garden of Truth and The Path to Trek) MS OR. 1651, fol. 1b (cropped).jpg
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- date of death
- 1131-00-00
- date of birth
- 1080-00-00
- lifestyle
- mysticism
- writing language
- Dari
- described by source
- Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
- Commons category
- Sanai
- Commons Creator page
- Sanai
- P13311
- Camalaniugan
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Encyclopedic overview
10 sectionsContents
- Life
- Works
- Influence and legacy
- Poetic influence
- Modern cultural references
- Quotations
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Further reading
'''Hakim Abul-Majd Majdūd ibn Ādam Sanā'ī Ghaznavi (), more commonly known as Sanai', was a poet in the Ghaznavid Empire, who wrote in Persian. He was born in 1080 and died in 1150.
==Life== Sanai was a Sunni Muslim, connected with the court of the Ghaznavid Bahram-shah who ruled 1117 – 1157.
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