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
Safavid Empire
alsoKnownAs Bahāʾ al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Ḥusayn al-ʿĀmilī
Bahāʾ al-Dīn al-ʿĀmilī
Shaykh Bahāʾī
linked to: Shaykh Bahai

Sheikh Bahai
linked to: Shaykh Bahai
associatedWith Isfahan school of philosophy
Jabal Amil scholars
Shah Abbas I
linked to: Abbas I
birthDate 1547
bornIn Baalbek
Jabal Amil region
linked to: Jabal Amel area

Lebanon
century 16th century
17th century
deathDate 1621
denomination Twelver Shia
describedAs leading intellectual figure in Safavid Iran
one of the foremost scholars of his time
polymath
diedIn Isfahan
Safavid Iran
linked to: Safavid Empire
educatedAt Isfahan
Jabal Amil scholarly circles
linked to: Jabal Amel area

Najaf
employer Safavid court
linked to: Safavid royal court

Shah Abbas I
linked to: Abbas I
fieldOfWork Islamic jurisprudence
Quranic exegesis
architecture
astronomy
hadith studies
logic
mathematics
mysticism
philosophy
influenced Mulla Sadra
later Shia scholars
influencedBy Islamic Peripatetic philosophy
Jabal Amil Shia tradition
Sufi mysticism
language Arabic
Persian
movement Safavid intellectual tradition
School of Isfahan
nationality Safavid Iranian
notableWork Jāmiʿ-i ʿAbbāsī
Kholasat al-Hisab
Khulāṣat al-ḥisāb
linked to: Kholasat al-Hisab

Miftāḥ al-falāḥ
Nān u Ḥalwā
Shīr u Shakkar
Tashrīḥ al-aflāk
al-Fawāʾid al-Ṣamadīyah
occupation court scholar
religious authority
teacher
positionHeld Shaykh al-Islam of Isfahan
chief religious authority at the Safavid court
religion Shia Islam

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Jabal Amel producedScholar Baha al-Din al-Amili
Sheikh Bahaei Building namedAfter Bahāʾ al-Dīn al-ʿĀmilī
linked to: Baha al-Din al-Amili
Baha al-Din al-Amili alsoKnownAs Bahāʾ al-Dīn al-ʿĀmilī
linked to: Baha al-Din al-Amili
Baha al-Din al-Amili alsoKnownAs Bahāʾ al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Ḥusayn al-ʿĀmilī
linked to: Baha al-Din al-Amili