Shahid Balkhi

Comprehensive information about Shahid Balkhi including biographical information, facts, literary works, and more. Abul Hasan Shahid ibn Hussain Jahudanaki Balkhi (Persian : ) (died, 325 AH - 935) was a Persian theologian, philosopher, poet and sufi. Famous Persian poet Rudaki has a poem in Balkhi's elegy. He was born in Balkh. Shahid Balkhi was contemporary to Ahmed ibn Sahl al-Balkhi and they had connections. He also had conversations with Zakariya al-Razi, the well-known Persian polymath and both had objections toward the nature of the pleasure. This educational Shahid Balkhi resource has information about the author's life, works, quotations, articles and essays, and more.