Editing Herat (section)

=== 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