Philosophy in Early Safavid Iran: Najm Al-Dīn Maḥmūd Al-Nayrīzī And His Writings

1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-90-04-19173-0
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 82, 240 Seiten, Format (B × H): 165 mm x 244 mm, Gewicht: 544 g

Reihe: Islamic Philosophy, Theology a

Muslim philosophical activities on the cusp of the Safavid era (i.e., late 9th/15th and early 10th/16th centuries) have so far escaped the attention of modern scholars. In Iran, the city of Shiraz was the principal center of philosophy at this time, and it was here that Najm al-Din Mahmud al-Nayrizi (d. after 933/1526), whose life and works are the subject of this book, spent his formative years. An accomplished Shi i scholars, Nayrizi engaged with Avicennan as well as Suhrawardian philosophy in his works. Beside Nayrizi, the present study introduces his contemporaries among the philosophers of Shiraz and provides an outline of the main challenges of their thought, particularly of the two leading figures, Jalal al-Din al-Dawani (d. 908/1502) and adr al-Din al-Dashtaki.

Zielgruppe

All those intrested in Islamic intellectual history, the history of post-Avicennan philosophy, the history of Iran, and particularly the Safavid era.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Pourjavady, Reza

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Islam: Philosophie & Wissenschaften
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Nicht-Westliche Philosophie Islamische & Arabische Philosophie

Über Autor(innen)

Pourjavady, Reza
Reza Pourjavady, PhD (2008) in Islamic Studies, Free University of Berlin, is currently working as a research assistant at the institute of Islamic Studies, McGill University. Together with Sabine Schmidtke he published A Jewish Philosopher of Baghdad: Izz al-Dawla Ibn Kammuna (d. 683/1284) and His Works (Brill 2006).

Reza Pourjavady, PhD (2008) in Islamic Studies, Free University of Berlin, is currently working as a research assistant at the institute of Islamic Studies, McGill University. Together with Sabine Schmidtke he published A Jewish Philosopher of Baghdad: 'Izz al-Dawla Ibn Kammuna (d. 683/1284) and His Works (Brill 2006).