Nasir Khusraw

Nasir Khusraw

Nasir Khusraw (Persian: ناصرخسرو; 1004 – between 1072–1088) was an Isma'ili poet, philosopher, traveler, and missionary (da'i) for the Isma'ili Fatimid Caliphate. Despite being one of the most prominent Isma'ili philosophers and theologians of the Fatimids and the writer of many philosophical works intended for only the inner circle of the Isma'ili community, Nasir is best known to the general public as a poet and writer who ardently supported his native Persian tongue as an artistic and scientific language. All of Nasir's philosophical Isma'ili works are in Persian, a rarity in the Isma'ili literature of the Fatimids, which primarily used Arabic. Nasir was a key figure in the spread of Isma'ilism in Central Asia. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Nasir Khusraw is the 359th most popular philosopher (up from 369th in 2019), the 3rd most popular biography from Tajikistan (up from 4th in 2019) and the most popular Tadzhik Philosopher.

Nasir Khusraw is most famous for his epic poem, the "Haft Awrang".