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
Native name
سنایی غزنوی
Born1080
Ghazni, Ghaznavid Empire
Died1131/1141
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 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.