Balkhi

Balkhi (, "from/ of Balkh," a city in modern-day Afghanistan) may refer to:

People:

• Abu Ma'shar al-Balkhi (787–886), Afghan astrologer, astronomer and Islamic philosopher
• Abu-Shakur Balkhi (915–?), Persian poet
• Abu Zayd al-Balkhi (850–934), Persian geographer, mathematician, physician, psychologist and scientist
• Fasihuddin Balkhi, Indian author and historian
• Hiwi al-Balkhi, 9th century exegete and Biblical critic
• Ismael Balkhi (1918–1968), Afghan political activist and Hazara reformist leader
• Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Balkhi (1207–1273), better known in the English-speaking world as Rumi, Persian Muslim poet, jurist, theologian and Sufi mystic
• Muzaffar Balkhi (1320–1400), Indian Sufi saint
• Rabia Balkhi, possibly first female New Persian poet believed to have lived in the 10th century
• Ibn Balkhi, a conventional name for a 12th-century Iranian historian and author of the Persian book Fārs-Nāma
• Sediqa Balkhi, Afghan politician
• Sultan Balkhi, 14th-century Muslim preacher based in Bengal

See also

• Balkh, Afghanistan
• Balki (disambiguation)