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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Predicate Object
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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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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