Khwaja Abu Nasr Parsa was a 15th century

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mystic of the

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Sufi order. He died in 1461 at

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, where his tomb now stands in the complex of the Green Mosque. He was the son of Muhammad Parsa, the disciple and successor to

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in the Naqshbandi spiritual chain. He left behind a legacy of descendants whom were also religious teachers.

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* {{Encyclopaedia Islamica, last1=Naushahi, first1=Arif, last2=Waley , first2=M.I., year=2015, title=Abū Naṣr Pārsā, url=https://referenceworks.brillonline.com/entries/encyclopaedia-islamica/abu-nasr-parsa-SIM_0183 Akbarian Sufis People from Balkh Naqshbandi order 1461 deaths Year of birth unknown