Balkhi

Balkhi (, "from/ of Balkh," a city in modern-day Afghanistan) may refer to:

People: Abu Ma'shar al-Balkhi (787–886), Afghan astrologer, astronomer and Islamic philosopher Abu-Shakur Balkhi (915–?), Persian poet Abu Zayd al-Balkhi (850–934), Persian geographer, mathematician, physician, psychologist and scientist Fasihuddin Balkhi, Indian author and historian Hiwi al-Balkhi, 9th century exegete and Biblical critic Ismael Balkhi (1918–1968), Afghan political activist and Hazara reformist leader Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Balkhi (1207–1273), better known in the English-speaking world as Rumi, Persian Muslim poet, jurist, theologian and Sufi mystic Muzaffar Balkhi (1320–1400), Indian Sufi saint Rabia Balkhi, possibly first female New Persian poet believed to have lived in the 10th century Ibn Balkhi, a conventional name for a 12th-century Iranian historian and author of the Persian book Fārs-Nāma Sediqa Balkhi, Afghan politician Sultan Balkhi, 14th-century Muslim preacher based in Bengal