Third, when the Safavid empire took over Herat, it promoted Kashifi as a Shi'a scholar 'in order to justify their adoption of the RawЕјat al-ЕЎohadДЃКѕ as a quasi-canonical text that served as the standard script used in the performance of the ShiКїite passion play'. Second, his birthplace, Savzevar, was traditionally a Shia center. First, as like many other Sunni scholars of Khorasan up until the end of the Timurid era (for instance, the famous Persian poet and Sufi, Attar Nishapuri, had composed a book in praise of the Ahl al-Bayt who are respected by the Sunnis and Shias alike), Kashifi composed at least two works in praise of the Ahl al-Bayt and some of the Shi'a Imams.

There are three reasons why he was denominated as Shi'a scholar from time to time in some sources. However, recent consensus both in the Persian and English academic spheres is that Kashifi was Sunni (and Hanafi) in madhhab despite indications of his pious devotion to Shia Imams which is not unusual among pre- Safavid Sunni scholars. Over the years, Kashifi has been a source of controversy between the Sunnis and the Shi'as. He was buried in Herat, in the vicinity of Jami's grave. Kashifi remained in Herat until his death in 910/1504. Through him he was introduced to Ali-Shir Nava'i, a senior official as well as writer and poet in the Timurid court. He moved to Herat in 860/1456, where he got acquainted with Nur al-Din 'Abd al-Rahman Jami, the famous Persian poet of the Timurid era. He was also known as MawlДЃnДЃ WДЃКїiбє“ KДЃshifi or simply MullДЃ бё¤usayn. 'Kashifi' was his nom de plume ( takhallus). He therefore often calls himself al-Kashifi al-Bayhaqi in some of his books (cf. Kashifi was born in Sabzevar, a city in the province of Bayhaq.

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