KABUL: Abdul Ahad Ashrati Ghaznavi, a prominent Afghan scholar, cultural figure and literary figure, has died.
Born in 1931 in Qala-e-Ashrat in Ghazni province, Ghaznavi made significant contributions to academic, legal, religious and cultural fields throughout his life. He also served as president of the Afghanistan Academy of Sciences.
He left behind 168 works, 120 of which have been published. His notable works include Arkan-e-Islam, Saqafat-e-Islami, Wadi-e-Gumgashtagan and Nai-Nawaz-e-Ghazna. He also wrote a three-volume commentary on Hakim Sanai Ghaznavi’s Hadiqat al-Haqiqa wa Shari‘at al-Tariqa.
Ashrati Ghaznavi played a significant role in enriching Afghanistan’s academic, literary and cultural heritage.