Balkhi ( fa, بلخی, "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
*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
*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
See also
*Balkh, Afghanistan
*Balki (disambiguation)
References
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Persian-language surnames