Philosophy in early Safavid Iran : Najm al-Dīn Maḥmūd al-Nayrīzī and his writings /
Pourjavady, Reza.
Philosophy in early Safavid Iran : Najm al-Dīn Maḥmūd al-Nayrīzī and his writings / by Reza Pourjavady. - Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2011. - 1 online resource (xi, 224 pages) : illustrations - Islamic philosophy, theology, and science : texts and studies ; v. 82 . - Islamic philosophy, theology, and science ; v. 82. .
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Contents; Preface; Introduction: The Philosophers of Shiraz at the Turn of the 10th/16th Century; Chapter One: The Philosopher al-Nayrizi and General Aspects of His Thought; Chapter Two: Nayrizi and the Two Strands of Philosophy in Shiraz; Chapter Three: Works of Nayrizi; Chapter Four: Nayrizi and the Suhrawardian Philosophy; Appendix I: Inventory of His Writings; Appendix Ii: Philosophical Writings Copied by Nayrizi; Appendix Iii: An Ijaza Given to Nayrizi by Ghiyath al-Din al-Dashtaki; Appendix Iv: Quotations from Unpublished Sources; Abbreviations and Bibliography; Index of Manuscripts. Index of Names and Places.
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.
9789004214774 (electronic bk.) 9004214771 (electronic bk.)
Nayrīzī, Najm al-Dīn Maḥmūd, -approximately 1526.
Nayrīzī, Najm al-Dīn Maḥmūd, -approximately 1526.
Islamic philosophy--History.--Iran
Philosophie islamique--Histoire.--Iran
PHILOSOPHY--Eastern.
Islamic philosophy.
Iran.
Electronic books.
History.
B753.N394 / P68 2011eb
181/.5
Philosophy in early Safavid Iran : Najm al-Dīn Maḥmūd al-Nayrīzī and his writings / by Reza Pourjavady. - Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2011. - 1 online resource (xi, 224 pages) : illustrations - Islamic philosophy, theology, and science : texts and studies ; v. 82 . - Islamic philosophy, theology, and science ; v. 82. .
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Contents; Preface; Introduction: The Philosophers of Shiraz at the Turn of the 10th/16th Century; Chapter One: The Philosopher al-Nayrizi and General Aspects of His Thought; Chapter Two: Nayrizi and the Two Strands of Philosophy in Shiraz; Chapter Three: Works of Nayrizi; Chapter Four: Nayrizi and the Suhrawardian Philosophy; Appendix I: Inventory of His Writings; Appendix Ii: Philosophical Writings Copied by Nayrizi; Appendix Iii: An Ijaza Given to Nayrizi by Ghiyath al-Din al-Dashtaki; Appendix Iv: Quotations from Unpublished Sources; Abbreviations and Bibliography; Index of Manuscripts. Index of Names and Places.
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.
9789004214774 (electronic bk.) 9004214771 (electronic bk.)
Nayrīzī, Najm al-Dīn Maḥmūd, -approximately 1526.
Nayrīzī, Najm al-Dīn Maḥmūd, -approximately 1526.
Islamic philosophy--History.--Iran
Philosophie islamique--Histoire.--Iran
PHILOSOPHY--Eastern.
Islamic philosophy.
Iran.
Electronic books.
History.
B753.N394 / P68 2011eb
181/.5