Editing Herat (section)

==Notable people from Herat==

=== Rulers and emperors ===

* [[Tahir ibn Husayn]] 9th century [[Abbasid Caliphate]] army general, and the founder of [[Tahirid dynasty]]
* [[Ghiyath al-Din Muhammad|Ghiyasuddin Muhammad]], was the emperor of the Ghurid dynasty from 1163 to 1202.
* [[Shah Rukh (Timurid dynasty)|Mīrzā Shāhrūkh bin Tīmur Barlas]], Emperor of the [[Timurid dynasty]] of Herāt
* [[Abu Sa'id Mirza]], ruler of the [[Timurid Empire]] during the mid-fifteenth century
* [[Husayn Bayqarah|Mīrzā Husseyn Bāyqarāh]], Emperor of the Timurid dynasty of Herāt
* [[Abbas I of Persia|Shāh Abbās ''The Great'']], Emperor of [[Safavids|Safavid Persia]]
* [[Ahmad Shah Durrani]], founder of the [[Durrani Empire]] 
* [[Dost Mohammad Khan|Emir Dost Mohammad Khan]], founder of the [[Barakzai dynasty]], buried in the city
* [[Sultan Jan]], ruler of Herat in the 19th century

=== Politicians ===

* [[Ahmad Maymandi]] 11th century [[Persian language|Persian]] [[vizier]] of the [[Ghaznavids|Ghaznavid empire]]
* [[Ismail Khan]], former [[List of governors of Herat|governor of Herat Province]] and [[Ministry of Water and Energy (Afghanistan)|Minister of Water and Energy]]
* [[Amina Afzali|Amena Afzali]], politician
* [[Faramarz Tamanna]], politician

=== Poets ===

* [[Asjadi]], 10th-11th century royal [[Persian language|Persian]] poet at the court of the [[Ghaznavids]]
* [[Khwaja Abdullah Ansari|Khwājah Abdullāh al-Herawi al-Ansārī]], a [[Persian language|Persian]] poet of the 11th century
*[[Pur-Baha Jami]], 13th century [[Iranian peoples|Iranian]] poet, [[Pun]] master, satirist, and often scathing [[social commentator]], born in [[Minaret of Jam|Jam]], spent his youth in Herat
* [[Jami|Nūr ud-Dīn Jāmī]], a [[Persian language|Persian]] [[Sufi]] poet of the 15th century
* [[Mir Ali Shir Nava'i|Nizām ud-Din ʿAlī Shīr Herawi]], famous poet and scientist of the [[Timurid dynasty|Timurid]] era
* [[Hatefi]], a [[Persian language|Persian]] poet of the 16th century and nephew of [[Jami|Nūr ud-Dīn Jāmī]]
* [[Latif Nazemi]], [[Persian language|Persian]] poet
* [[Nadia Anjuman]] (1981–2005) poet writing in [[Dari]]

=== Scientists ===

* [[Muvaffak|Abu Mansur Muvaffak Harawi]], 10th-century [[Persian people|Persian]] [[physician]]
* [[Abolfadl Harawi]], 10th-century [[astronomer]] under the patroange of the [[Buyid dynasty|Buyids]] in [[Ray, Iran|Rey]], originally from Herat
*[[Ahmad ibn Farrokh]], 12th-century Persian [[physician]]
* [[Taftazani]], a Muslim [[polymath]] of the 14th century
* [[Muhammad ibn Yusuf al-Harawi]] 15th century [[Persian language|Persian]] [[physician]]
* [[Nimat Allah al-Harawi]] 17th century [[Persian language|Persian]] chronicler at the court of the [[Mughal Emperor]] [[Jahangir]]

=== Religious figures ===

* [[Abu Dharr al-Harawi]], a [[Muhaddith]] from the 10th century
* [[Abu Uthman al-Sabuni]], from the 11th-century, leading [[Sunni Islam|Sunni]] scholar and hadith expert, jurist in the [[Shafi'i school|Shafi'i]] school, respected Qur'anic exegete and theologian, regarded as [[Shaykh al-Islām]], a title that was uniquely his among the Sunnis of his time
* [[Fakhr ad-Din ar-Razi|Fakhr ad-Din al-Razi]], [[polymath]] and [[Islamic scholar]] of the 12th-century
* [[Hussain Kashefi]], a 15th-century Persian prose-stylist and [[Islamic scholar]] and scientist
* [[Mir Zahid Harawi]], from the 17th century, religious scholar and historian, whose father was from Herat
* [[Ali al-Qari|Ali al-Hirawi al-Qari]], from 17th century, considered to be one of the masters of [[hadith]] and Imams of [[fiqh]]
* [[Maulana Azad]], from 20th-century, Indian independence activist, whose forefathers came from Herat
* [[Mujib Rahman Ansari]] (1982–2022), [[mullah]] and pro-[[Taliban]] cleric

=== Artists ===

* [[Ali ibn Abi Bakr al-Harawi]] 12th and 13th century [[Persian language|Persian]] traveller and first known [[graffiti]] artist in the [[Muslim]] world, originally from Herat
* [[Kamāl ud-Dīn Behzād|Ustād Kamāl ud-Dīn Behzād]], the greatest of the medieval [[Persian miniature|Persian painters]]
* [[Mir Ali Heravi]], prominent [[Persian people|Persian]] calligrapher and [[calligraphy]] teacher of [[Nastaʿlīq]] script in the 16th century
* [[Alka Sadat]], Film producer was born here<ref>[http://www.womensvoicesnow.org/interview-with-alka-sadat Alka Sadat] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160625122536/http://www.womensvoicesnow.org/interview-with-alka-sadat|date=2016-06-25}}, womensvoicesnow.org, Retrieved 7 June 2016</ref>
* [[Sonita Alizadeh]], [[rapper]] and activist

=== Sports ===

* [[Nadia Nadim]], Afghan-Danish [[Association football|football player]], most influential and greatest [[Afghans|Afghan]] female football player of all time, won the French league title in the [[2020–21 Division 1 Féminine|2020-21]] season with [[Paris Saint-Germain Féminine|Paris Saint-Germain]]
* [[Hamidullah Karimi]], [[Afghans|Afghan]] footballer, plays as a forward for Indian club [[Delhi United FC]]
*[[Mohammad Rafi Barekzay]], [[Afghanistan|Afghan]] footballer, plays as a [[midfielder]] for [[Toofaan Harirod F.C.|Toofaan Harirod F.C]]

=== Others ===

* [[Gowhar Shad]], wife of [[Shah Rukh|Shāh Rūkh Mīrzā]]
* [[Zablon Simintov]], last remaining [[Jews|Jew]] who is believed to lived in Afghanistan