Philosophy in early Safavid Iran : Najm al-Dīn Mahṃūd al-Nayrīzī and his writings / by Reza Pourjavady.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pourjavady, Reza.

Series:

Islamic philosophy, theology, and science ; v. 82.

Islamic philosophy, theology and science. Texts and studies, 0169-8729 ; v. 82

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nayrīzī, Najm al-Dīn Maḥmūd, -approximately 1526.

Nayrīzī, Najm al-Dīn Maḥmūd.

Islamic philosophy--Iran--History.

Islamic philosophy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (236 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2011.

Language Note:

English

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-Dīn Maḥmūd al-Nayrīzī (d. after 933/1526), whose life and works are the subject of this book, spent his formative years. An accomplished Shīʿī scholars, Nayrīzī engaged with Avicennan as well as Suhrawardian philosophy in his works. Beside Nayrīzī, the present study introduces his contemporaries among the philosophers of Shiraz and provides an outline of the main challenges of their thought, particularly of the two leading figures, Jalāl al-Dīn al-Dawānī (d. 908/1502) and Ṣadr al-Dīn al-Dashtakī.

Contents:

Preliminary Material / R. Pourjavady

Introduction: The Philosophers Of Shiraz At The Turn Of The 10th/16th Century / R. Pourjavady

Chapter One. The Philosopher al-Nayrīzī And General Aspects Of His Thought / R. Pourjavady

Chapter Two. Nayrīzī And The Two Strands Of Philosophy In Shiraz / R. Pourjavady

Chapter Three. Works of Nayrīzī / R. Pourjavady

Chapter Four. Nayrīzī And The Suhrawardian Philosophy / R. Pourjavady

Appendix I. Inventory Of His Writings / R. Pourjavady

Appendix II. Philosophical Writings Copied By Nayrīzī / R. Pourjavady

Appendix III. An Ijāza Given To Nayrīzī By Ghiyāth al-Dīn al-Dashtakī / R. Pourjavady

Appendix IV. Quotations From Unpublished Sources / R. Pourjavady

Abbreviations And Bibliography / R. Pourjavady

Index Of Manuscripts / R. Pourjavady

Index Of Names And Places / R. Pourjavady.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [203]-215) and indexes.

ISBN:

1-283-12030-5

9786613120304

90-04-21477-1

OCLC:

727951385

Publisher Number:

10.1163/ej.9789004191730.i-224 DOI