Sadīd ud-Dīn Muhammad Ibn Muhammad 'Aufī Bukhārī (Persian:سدید الدین محمد عوفی;fl. late 12th – early 13th centuries), also known under thelaqabNour ud-Dīn, was aPersian^[1]historian,philologist, andauthor.

Born inBukhara, Aufi claimed descent fromAbd al-Raḥmān ibn ʿAwf (d. 654) a companion of the Islamic prophetMuhammad.^[1] He grew up during the apex of theIslamic Golden Age and spent many years traveling, exploring, and lecturing to the common folk and the royalty alike inDelhi,Khorasan,Khwarezm,Samarkand,Merv,Nishapur,Sistan andGhaznin.^[2] Apparently Aufi was for some time in the service of theQarakhanidUthman ibn Ibrahim who placed him in charge of his correspondence (dīvān-e ensha). Aufi left Samarkand before 1204.^[3] Later he spent most of his time at the court of theGhurids. He dedicated his first grand workLubab ul-Albab, which consisted of poems by kings and poets of ancient times,^[4] toAmir Nāsiruddīn Qobājeh (ناصرالدین قباجه) (d. 1227), who was then ruler ofMultan.

His second magnum opusJawami ul-Hikayat was written under the name of the Vizier of the Ghurid Amir ofDelhi. He lived during the reign ofShamsuddin Iltutmish (Altamash) (r. 1211–1236) who was the third Muslim Turkic sultan of theSultanate of Delhi, and the book is dedicated to his minister, Nizām-ul-Mulk Muhammad, son of Abu Sa'id Junaidi.^[5] These two are the only remaining works from him today. His works onThe History of Turkistani Lords, and his bookOn the Properties of Matter, both referenced elsewhere, do not exist anymore. A small fragment of hisMadāyih al-Sultān remains.

• Lubab ul-Albab (variously translated as "Quintessence of Hearts", "The best selection", or "The select of the select", لباب الالباب), published 1220.
• Al-Farj ba'd ul-Shudat ("Joy after difficulty", الفرج بعد الشدة), translated 1226.
• Jawami ul-Hikayat ("Collection of tales and the light of traditions", جوامع الحكايات و لوامع الروايات), published 1228.

• Elliot, H. M. (Henry Miers), Sir; John Dowson (1871)."4. Jawami ul-Hikayat of Muhammad Ufi".The History of India, as Told by Its Own Historians. The Muhammadan Period (Vol 2.). London : Trübner & Co.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

• List of Iranian scientists
• List of Persian poets and authors

• Feuillebois, Ève (2015)."ʿAwfī, Sadīd al-Dīn". In Fleet, Kate;Krämer, Gudrun; Matringe, Denis; Nawas, John;Rowson, Everett (eds.).Encyclopaedia of Islam (3rd ed.). Brill Online.ISSN 1873-9830.
• Matīnī, J. (1987)."ʿAWFĪ, SADĪD-AL-DĪN".Encyclopaedia Iranica, Vol. III, Fasc. 2. pp. 117–118.

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