Sanai
| Sana'i Ghaznavi | |
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| "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 | 
| Born | 1080 Ghazni, Ghaznavid Empire | 
| Died | 1131/1141 Ghazni, Ghaznavid Empire | 
| Occupation | Persian literature | 
| Genre | Sufi poetry, Wisdom Literature | 
| Notable works | The Walled Garden of Truth | 
| From article series about: | 
| Sanai (473–545 AH) | 
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| Part of a series on Islam Sufism | 
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| Islam portal | 
Hakim Abul-Majd Majdūd ibn Ādam Sanā'ī Ghaznavi (Persian: حکیم ابوالمجد مجدود بن آدم سنایی غزنوی), more commonly known as Sanai, was a poet from Ghazni. He lived his life in the Ghaznavid Empire which is now located in Afghanistan (At that time, Ghazni was considered part of the cultural and political territory of Iran And a region called Afghanistan was separated from Iran in the Treaty of Paris after the Iran-British wars in the 19th century, and before that, there was no territory called Afghanistan in history But now his birthplace and death are in Afghanistan. ) . He was born in 1080 and died between 1131 and 1141.