Kamal Khujandi

Kamal Khujandi (1320-1400 AD, Persian: کمال خجندی), also Kamal Khojandi, Kamaleddin Khojandi, or Kamal-E Khojandi, was a Persian Sufi and Persian ghazal poet of the 14th century (8th century hijri).

[1] He was born in Khujand, today the capital of Sughd in Tajikistan.

He is counted among the great romantic poets of the 14th century, like Amir Khosrow Dehlavi, Khwaju Kermani and Hafez.

The modern Persian novelist and short story writer Sadegh Hedayat and his family trace their ancestry to Kamal Khojandi.

In 1996, a monument and museum was erected in the poet’s homeland in Tajikistan.