Baha al-Din al-Amili

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Baha al-Din al-Amili was a prominent 16th–17th century Shia scholar, mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher who became a leading intellectual figure in Safavid Iran.

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instanceOf Shia scholar
architect
astronomer
jurist
mathematician
mystic
person
philosopher
poet
theologian
activeIn Isfahan NERFINISHED
Safavid Empire NERFINISHED
alsoKnownAs Bahāʾ al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Ḥusayn al-ʿĀmilī NERFINISHED
Bahāʾ al-Dīn al-ʿĀmilī NERFINISHED
Shaykh Bahāʾī NERFINISHED
Sheikh Bahai NERFINISHED
associatedWith Isfahan school of philosophy NERFINISHED
Jabal Amil scholars NERFINISHED
Shah Abbas I NERFINISHED
birthDate 1547
bornIn Baalbek NERFINISHED
Jabal Amil region NERFINISHED
Lebanon NERFINISHED
century 16th century
17th century
deathDate 1621
denomination Twelver Shia NERFINISHED
describedAs leading intellectual figure in Safavid Iran
one of the foremost scholars of his time
polymath
diedIn Isfahan NERFINISHED
Safavid Iran NERFINISHED
educatedAt Isfahan NERFINISHED
Jabal Amil scholarly circles NERFINISHED
Najaf NERFINISHED
employer Safavid court NERFINISHED
Shah Abbas I NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork Islamic jurisprudence
Quranic exegesis
architecture
astronomy
hadith studies
logic
mathematics
mysticism
philosophy
influenced Mulla Sadra NERFINISHED
later Shia scholars
influencedBy Islamic Peripatetic philosophy
Jabal Amil Shia tradition NERFINISHED
Sufi mysticism
language Arabic
Persian
movement Safavid intellectual tradition
School of Isfahan NERFINISHED
nationality Safavid Iranian
notableWork Jāmiʿ-i ʿAbbāsī NERFINISHED
Kholasat al-Hisab NERFINISHED
Khulāṣat al-ḥisāb NERFINISHED
Miftāḥ al-falāḥ NERFINISHED
Nān u Ḥalwā NERFINISHED
Shīr u Shakkar NERFINISHED
Tashrīḥ al-aflāk NERFINISHED
al-Fawāʾid al-Ṣamadīyah NERFINISHED
occupation court scholar
religious authority
teacher
positionHeld Shaykh al-Islam of Isfahan NERFINISHED
chief religious authority at the Safavid court
religion Shia Islam

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