Abdul Hamid Khosroshahi (Persian: عبدالحمید خسروشاهی) was an Iranian theologian, philosopher and
Shafi'i
The Shafii ( ar, شَافِعِي, translit=Shāfiʿī, also spelled Shafei) school, also known as Madhhab al-Shāfiʿī, is one of the four major traditional schools of religious law (madhhab) in the Sunnī branch of Islam. It was founded by ...
jurist in the sixth and seventh centuries AH, equivalent to 12th and 13th centuries AD. He is called one of the disciples of Farid al-Din Damad and
Fakhr al-Din al-Razi, and his important work in the field of
logic
Logic is the study of correct reasoning. It includes both formal and informal logic. Formal logic is the science of deductively valid inferences or of logical truths. It is a formal science investigating how conclusions follow from premises ...
is the summarized "logic of healing" and a glossary on the book ''Abu Ishaq al-Shirazi''.
Life
His full name was Shams Al Din Abdul Hamid ibn Isa Khosroshahi. He was born in
Khosrowshah
Khosrowshah ( fa, خسروشاه; also known as Khosrowshahr, Khusraushāh, and Khusroshāh) is a city and capital of Khosrowshah District, in Tabriz County, East Azerbaijan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 12,794, in 3,619 f ...
, a village located near
Tabriz
Tabriz ( fa, تبریز ; ) is a city in northwestern Iran, serving as the capital of East Azerbaijan Province. It is the List of largest cities of Iran, sixth-most-populous city in Iran. In the Quri Chay, Quru River valley in Iran's historic Aze ...
in 1184 AD in the district of
Khosrowshah
Khosrowshah ( fa, خسروشاه; also known as Khosrowshahr, Khusraushāh, and Khusroshāh) is a city and capital of Khosrowshah District, in Tabriz County, East Azerbaijan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 12,794, in 3,619 f ...
.
Students and teachers
Khosroshahi studied tradition and theology with Mo'ayyede Tusi, learning about the work of teachers such as
Fakhr al-Din al-Razi, Shahabuddin Mohtasham and Haakm. The most eminent of Khosroshahi's students were Damietta and Zinedine. However, some historians also believe Sadydadyn Mansour was the pupil of Khosroshahi in philosophy and medicine. The physician Ibn Qof was one of the pupils of Khosroshahi in medicine. Ibn Qof wrote ancient transcript on the field of surgery. Some believe that Ibn Qof also learned philosophy from Khosroshahi.
Comments by others
Morteza Motahhari
Morteza Motahhari ( fa, مرتضی مطهری, also Romanized as "Mortezā Motahharī"; 31 January 1919 – 1 May 1979) was an Iranian Twelver Shia scholar, philosopher, lecturer. Motahhari is considered to have an important influence on th ...
wrote about Khosroshahi as an eminent philosopher and jurist in response to
Nasir al-Din al-Tusi
Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn al-Hasan al-Tūsī ( fa, محمد ابن محمد ابن حسن طوسی 18 February 1201 – 26 June 1274), better known as Nasir al-Din al-Tusi ( fa, نصیر الدین طوسی, links=no; or simply Tusi in the West ...
's questions.
Mulla Sadra
Ṣadr ad-Dīn Muḥammad Shīrāzī, more commonly known as Mullā Ṣadrā ( fa, ملا صدرا; ar, صدر المتألهین) (c. 1571/2 – c. 1635/40 CE / 980 – 1050 AH), was a Persian Twelver Shi'i Islamic mystic, philosopher, the ...
also wrote an essay about him.
See also
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Principles of Islamic jurisprudence
Principles of Islamic jurisprudence, also known as ''uṣūl al-fiqh'' ( ar, أصول الفقه, lit. roots of fiqh), are traditional methodological principles used in Islamic jurisprudence (''fiqh'') for deriving the rulings of Islamic law ('' ...
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Schools of Islamic theology
Schools of Islamic theology are various Islamic schools and branches in different schools of thought regarding ''ʿaqīdah'' (creed). The main schools of Islamic Theology include the Qadariyah, Falasifa, Jahmiyya, Murji'ah, Muʿtazila, Bati ...
References
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13th-century Iranian philosophers
People from Tabriz
Iranian scholars
12th-century Iranian philosophers