Al-Shahrazuri
Shams al-Din Muhammad Mahmud Shahrazuri (
philosopher. He was of Kurdish origin.[1] It appears that he was alive in AD 1288. However, it is also said that he died in the same year.[1]
Shahrazuri was an important historian and scholar of the late 13th century who composed a biographical dictionary of both
John Rylands library in Manchester.[1]
Suhrawardi's Hikmat al-Ishraq is based on Sharḥ Ḥikma al-ishrâq.[4][5] It is also said that another of his work regarding Suhrawardi's Illumnationist philosophy is the most faithful, called al-Shajarah al-Ilahiyyah (The Divine Tree).[4]
References
- ^ a b c d M A, Khurshid (1976). Nuzhat ul arwah wa rawdhat ul afrah of Rulers and Philosophers. For the model of historians Shams al-Din Muhammad ibn Mahmud al Shahrazuri (in Arabic) (First ed.). Haidar Abad: Ministry of Culture of India. pp. ز.
- ^ Seyyed Hossein, Nasr (1971). The Spread of the Illuminationist School of Suhrawardi (PDF). studiesincomparativereligion.com.
- ^ Sharif, Miyad Muhammad (1966). A history of Muslim Philosophy. Royal Book Company. p. 396.
- ^ ISBN 9781136780448.
- ^ R Pourjavady, S Schmidtke (2006). A Jewish philosopher of Baghdad [electronic resource]:'Izz al-Dawla Ibn Kammuna (d. 683/1284) and his writings. Leiden/Boston: EJ Brill. p. 30.
Sources
For his life and writings, see:
- P. Lory, "Shahrazuri" in The Encyclopaedia of Islam, 2nd edition, ed. by H.A.R. Gibbs, B. Lewis, Ch. Pellat, C. Bosworth et al., 11 vols. (Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1960-2002), vol. 9, p. 219
- Manfred Ullmann, Die Medizin im Islam, Handbuch der Orientalistik, Abteilung I, Erg?nzungsband vi, Abschnitt 1 (Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1970), p. 232
- Carl Brockelmann, Geschichte der arabischen Litteratur, Supplement, 3 vols. (Leiden: Brill, 1937-1942) vol. 1, pp 850–1
- Sami Hamarneh, "Arabic Historiography as Related to the Health Professions in Medieval Islam", Sudhoffs Archiv, vol. 50 (1966), pp 2–24, esp. pp 17–18.
- ISBN 81-87570-19-9
- Michael Privot, Le Kitâb al-rumûz d'al-Shahrazûrî: une oeuvre ishrâqî? (PhD Thesis)[1]
