ʿAlī b. Ḥusayn al-Wāʿiẓ al-Kāshifī - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE
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Paul, Jürgen
Leiden
Brill
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Fakhr al-Dīn al-Ṣafī ʿAlī b. Ḥusayn al-Wāʿiẓ al-Kāshifī (867-c. 939/1463-c. 1532) was a Naqshbandī scholar best remembered for his Rashaḥāt ʿayn al-ḥayāt ("Tricklings from the fountain of life"). Born in Sabzawār, a town in Western Khurasan, he came to Herat, where his father, the famous scholar, author, and preacher Ḥusayn al-Wāʿiẓ al-Kāshifī (d. 910/1504-5) had been appointed to the position of preacher in the Friday mosque of that city. The family was close to Herati intellectual circles and