Husayn Kashifi

Mawlana Husayn Wa'ez Kashifi مولانا حسین واعظ کاشفی
A memorial in his birthtown, Sabzevar.
Title	Kamal al-Din
Personal
Born	840 AH = 1436 CE Bayhaq (modern-day Sabzevar, Iran)
Died	910 AH = 1504 CE Herat (modern-day Afghanistan)
Religion	Islam
Era	Timurid Empire
Region	Greater Khorasan
Denomination	Sunni Islam[1][2]
Jurisprudence	Hanafi[1][2]
Creed	Maturidi
Main interest(s)	Tafsir, Persian literature, Sufism, Astronomy
Notable work(s)	Akhlaq-e Mohseni, Anwar-e Sohaili, Jawaher al-Tafsir, Mawaheb-e 'Aliyya
Occupation	scholar, poet and astronomer
Muslim leader
Influenced by Rumi Jami Fakhr al-Din al-Razi Abu Hafs Umar al-Nasafi Sa'd al-Din al-Taftazani Ibn Arabi

Kamāl al-Dīn Ḥusayn ibn ʿAlī Kāshifī,^[3][a] best simply known as Husayn Kashifi, was a prolific Persian^[3] prose-stylist, a poet, a Quran exegete, a Sufi scholar, and an astronomer of the Timurid era. Kashifi was his pen name, whereas his surname al-Wāʿiẓ ("the preacher")^[3][b] denoted his professional occupation.

He spent most of his career in Herat, where his academic activities were supported by Ali-Shir Nava'i, a senior vizier in the Timurid court during Sultan Husayn Bayqara's rule, hence the reason for Kashifi to dedicate most of his works to Nava'i. He was also very close to the famous Persian poet and Sufi, Nur al-Din 'Abd al-Rahman Jami.

His famous works include Akhlaq-e Mohseni and Anwar-e Sohaili in Persian prose, and Jawaher al-Tafsir and Mawaheb-e 'Aliyya which are Persian tafsirs of the Quran.

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