Philosophy in early Safavid Iran: Najm al-Dīn Maḥmūd al-Nayrīzī and his writings
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-D n Ma m d al-Nayr z...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Leiden Boston
Brill
2011
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| In: | Year: 2011 |
| Series/Journal: | Islamic philosophy, theology, and science : texts and studies
v. 82 Islamic philosophy, theology, and science texts and studies v. 82 |
| Further subjects: | B
Nayrīzī, Najm al-Dīn Maḥmūd -approximately 1526
B PHILOSOPHY ; Eastern B Islamic Philosophy B Nayrīzī, Najm al-Dīn Maḥmūd B Islamic Philosophy History Iran B Iran B Nayriz̄i, ̄ Najm al-Din̄ Mah?mud̄, d. ca. 1526 B Nayrīzī, Najm al-Dīn Maḥmūd (-approximately 1526) B Electronic books B History B Islamic Philosophy (Iran) History |
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| Summary: | 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-D n Ma m d al-Nayr z (d. after 933/1526), whose life and works are the subject of this book, spent his formative years. An accomplished Sh scholars, Nayr z engaged with Avicennan as well as Suhrawardian philosophy in his works. Beside Nayr z, the present study introduces his contemporaries among the philosophers of Shir |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. - Description based on print version record |
| ISBN: | 9004214771 |