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

• Author: Pourjavady, Reza.
• Year of Publication: 2011
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Islamic philosophy, theology, and science ; v. 82.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (236 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

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.

Table of 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 Quotations From Unpublished Sources / R. Pourjavady -- Abbreviations And Bibliography / R. Pourjavady -- Index Of Manuscripts / R. Pourjavady -- Index Of Names And Places / R. Pourjavady.