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Al-Jilani, ‘Abd al-Qadir (470–562/1077–1166)

Patrick S. O’Donnell

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...al-Jilani, ‘Abd al-Qadir al-Harawi, ‘Abdullah Ansari Born in Naif in the Persian province of Gilan, south of the Caspian Sea, in 470/1077, ‘Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani was the eponymous founder of one of the earliest Sufi tariqat (from tariqa...

Al-Suhrawardi, Abu’l Najib (c. 490–563/c. 1097–1168)

Oliver Leaman

Oliver Leaman is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Kentucky, USA. He is the author and editor of books on Islamic philosophy and philosophy in general. Author affiliation details are correct at time of print publication.

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...Abu’l Najib ‘Abd al-Qahir ibn ‘Abd Allah al-Bakri al-Suhrawardi was born in Suhraward, and moved early on to Baghdad to continue his education.247khirka from his uncle ‘Umar ibn Muhammad (d. 532/1137–8), who was himself an important figure...

Taşköprüzade (901–68/1495–1561)

Ibrahim Kalin

Ibrahim Kalin

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...The famous Ottoman biographer and scholar Abu’l-Khayr Isam al-Din Ahmad b. Mustafa b. Khalil, known commonly as Taşköprüzade, was born in Bursa, Turkey. He belongs to the famous Taşköprü family of teachers and historians hailing from...

Al-Razi, Fakhr al-Din (543–606/1149–1209)

Oliver Leaman

Oliver Leaman is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Kentucky, USA. He is the author and editor of books on Islamic philosophy and philosophy in general. Author affiliation details are correct at time of print publication.

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...Abu ‘Abd Allah Muhammad ibn ‘Umar ibn al-Husayn, more often known as Fakhr al-Din al-Razi, was born at Rayy in Iran. His early education was carried out by his father who was an educated man and brought up his son within the Shafi‘i...

Esat Efendi, Yanyalı (d. 1722 or 1730)

Ibrahim Kalin

Ibrahim Kalin

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...Yanyalı Esat b. Ali b. Osman Efendi was born in the Epirus region of northwestern Greece. He received his early education in Yanya and Istanbul. He learned Arabic, Persian, French, Greek, and Latin. He was appointed a professor at the Eyüp...

Sijistani, Abu Ya‘qub (Late fourth/tenth, early fifth/eleventh)

Mehdi Aminrazavi

Mehdi Aminrazavi

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...Abu Ya‘qub Ishaq ibn Ahmad Sijistani was by some accounts the leading philosopher Nasir i-Khusraw ibn Sina al-Farabi of the early period of Isma‘ili intellectual thought in Persia.241Jami‘ al-tawarikh. He has been referred to by a variety...

Ibn ‘Abd Al-Wahhab, Muhammad (1115–1206/1703–92)

Oliver Leaman

Oliver Leaman is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Kentucky, USA. He is the author and editor of books on Islamic philosophy and philosophy in general. Author affiliation details are correct at time of print publication.

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...Muhammad ibn ‘Abd al-Wahhab ibn Sulayman ibn ‘Ali ibn Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Rashid al Tamimi was born in 1115/1703 in ‘Ayina to the north of Riyadh, in what is today Saudi Arabia, during the reign of ‘Abdulla ibn Muhammad ibn Hamd ibn...

Al-Jili, ‘Abd al-Karim (c. 1366–1408 or 1417)

Ibrahim Kalin

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...The author of the renowned work al-Insan al-kamil (The Universal Man), ‘Abd al-Karim b. Ibrahim al-Jili, was born in Jil, Baghdad, and became a well-known name in much of the Islamic world from Turkey to Indonesia. Little is known of his...

Al-Nabulusi, ‘Abd al-Ghani (1050–1143/1641–1731)

Oliver Leaman

Oliver Leaman is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Kentucky, USA. He is the author and editor of books on Islamic philosophy and philosophy in general. Author affiliation details are correct at time of print publication.

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...al-Nabulusi, ‘Abd al-Ghani ibn al-‘Arabi, Muhyiddin ibn ‘Abidin, Ahmad ‘Abd al-Ghani b. Isma‘il al-Nabulusi was born in Damascus in 1641 into a family of Islamic scholars. His father, Isma‘il ‘Abd al-Ghani, was a jurist in the Hanafi...

Athir Al-Din Mufaddal Ibn ‘Umar Al-Abhari (c. 597–663/1200–64)

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...Athir al-Din al-Abhari Athir al-Din al-Abhari, an Islamic scholar of the seventh/thirteenth century, was born in the city of Mosul sometime around the year 597/1200. Scant biographical details of his life are known, except that he did study...