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Sanai

Sana'i Ghaznavi
"Hakim Sanai addressing the Sultan of Ghazna" Folio from Hadiqat al Haqiqa, dated 1579, Safavid-era miniature, currently in Leiden University
"Hakim Sanai addressing the Sultan of Ghazna" Folio from Hadiqat al Haqiqa, dated 1579, Safavid-era miniature, currently in Leiden University
Native name
سنایی غزنوی
Born1080
Ghazni, Ghaznavid Empire
Died1131/1141[1]
Ghazni, Ghaznavid Empire
OccupationPersian literature
GenreSufi poetry, Wisdom Literature
Notable worksThe Walled Garden of Truth

Hakim Abul-Majd Majdūd ibn Ādam Sanā'ī Ghaznavi (Persian: حکیم ابوالمجد مجدود ‌بن آدم سنایی غزنوی), more commonly known as Sanai, was a Persian poet from Ghazni. He lived his life in the Ghaznavid Empire which is now located in Afghanistan. He was born in 1080 and died between 1131 and 1141.[2]

  1. ^ C.E. Bosworth, The Later Ghaznavids, (Columbia University Press, 1977), 108.
  2. ^ C.E. Bosworth, The Later Ghaznavids, 108.

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