The mausoleum of Khwaja Abu Nasr Parsa (died 1460), where Rabia Balkhi's shrine is located
Rabia Balkhi, also known as Rabia al-Quzdari (or Khuzdari)[a] was a 10th-century writer who composed poetry in Persian and Arabic. She is the first known female poet to write in Persian.
A non-mystic poet, her imagery was later transformed into that of a mystic poet by authors such as Attar of Nishapur (died 1221) and Jami (died 1492). She became a semi-legendary figure, famous for her love story with the slave Bektash.
Her shrine is located in the mausoleum of the 15th-century Naqshbandi Sufi Khwaja Abu Nasr Parsa (died 1460) in the city of Balkh, now present-day Afghanistan. She is celebrated in the Balochistan province of Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iran through various schools, hospitals, and roads being named after her.
^Aftab 2022, p. 205.
^Dabashi 2012, p. 89.
^Sharma 2009, p. 151.
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