Baha al-Din al-Amili
Iranian Shia Islamic scholar, philosopher, architect, mathematician, astronomer and poet / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Baha al-Din Muhammad ibn Husayn al-Amili (Arabic: بهاء الدين محمد بن حسين العاملي, romanized: Bahāʾ al‐Dīn Muḥammad bin Ḥusayn al‐ʿĀmilī; 18 February 1547 – 1 September 1621)[1] was a Levantine Arab[2] Twelver Shi'a scholar,[3] poet, philosopher, architect, mathematician, and astronomer who lived in the late 16th and early 17th centuries in Safavid Iran.[4] He was born in Baalbek, Ottoman Syria (now Lebanon) but immigrated in his childhood to Safavid Iran with the rest of his family.[4] He was one of the earliest astronomers in the Islamic world to suggest the possibility of the Earth's movement before the spread of Copernican heliocentrism.[1] He is considered one of the main co-founders of School of Isfahan. In later years, he was one of the teachers of Mulla Sadra.[5]
Baha al-Din al-Amili | |
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Born | 18 February 1547 |
Died | 1 September 1621(1621-09-01) (aged 74) |
Nationality | Safavid Iranian |
Other names | Shaykh‐i Bahāʾī, Bahāddīn Āmilī |
Academic background | |
Influences | Nimatullah Wali |
Academic work | |
School or tradition | School of Isfahan |
Main interests | Mathematics, Architecture, Astronomy, Philosophy and Poetry |
Notable works | Tashrīḥ al-Aflāk, al-Khashkūl, Nān wa ḥalwā |
Influenced | Haydar Amuli, Mir Damad, Mulla Sadra, Mohsen Fayz Kashani |
Baha al-Din wrote over 100 treatises and books on different topics,[1] in Arabic and New Persian. Several architectural and engineering designs are attributed to him but none can be substantiated with sources.[1] These may have included the Naqsh-e Jahan Square and Charbagh in Isfahan.[6] He is buried in Imam Reza shrine in Mashhad, Iran.