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Shahab al-Din Yahya ibn Habash Suhrawardi

1155 - 1191

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"Shihāb ad-Dīn" Yahya ibn Habash Suhrawardī (Persian: شهاب‌الدین سهروردی, also known as Sohrevardi) (1154–1191) was a Persian philosopher and founder of the Iranian school of Illuminationism, an important school in Islamic philosophy. The "light" in his "Philosophy of Illumination" is the source of knowledge. He is referred to by the honorific title Shaikh al-ʿIshraq "Master of Illumination" and Shaikh al-Maqtul "the Murdered Master", in reference to his execution for heresy. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Shahab al-Din Yahya ibn Habash Suhrawardi has received more than 256,148 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Shahab al-Din Yahya ibn Habash Suhrawardi is the 303rd most popular philosopher (up from 318th in 2019), the 93rd most popular biography from Iran (down from 90th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Iranian Philosopher.

Shahab al-din Yahya ibn Habash Suhrawardi is most famous for his philosophical work, The Philosophy of Illumination.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Shahab al-Din Yahya ibn Habash Suhrawardi ranks 303 out of 1,081. Before him are Alfred Tarski, Cleanthes, Johann Reuchlin, Miskawayh, Abraham ibn Ezra, and Anne Sullivan. After him are Asanga, Hilary Putnam, Speusippus, Jacobus Arminius, Lucien Lévy-Bruhl, and Ammonius Saccas.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1155, Shahab al-Din Yahya ibn Habash Suhrawardi ranks 5. Before him are Isaac II Angelos, Alfonso VIII of Castile, Niketas Choniates, and Benkei. After him are Ottokar I of Bohemia, Henry the Young King, Kilij Arslan II, Isaac Komnenos of Cyprus, Peter II of Courtenay, Hermann I, Landgrave of Thuringia, and Euphrosyne Doukaina Kamatera. Among people deceased in 1191, Shahab al-Din Yahya ibn Habash Suhrawardi ranks 2. Before him is Pope Clement III. After him are Frederick VI, Duke of Swabia, Philip I, Count of Flanders, Theobald V, Count of Blois, William V, Marquess of Montferrat, and Conrad II, Duke of Bohemia.

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Shahab al-Din Yahya ibn Habash Suhrawardi ranks 93 out of 528. Before him are Miskawayh (932), Piruz Nahavandi (700), Bahram V (406), Atossa (-550), Mordecai (null), and Abu Sa'id Bahadur Khan (1305). After him are Naser al-Din Shah Qajar (1831), Yazdegerd I (400), Qasem Soleimani (1957), Sogdianus of Persia (-500), Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar (1872), and Mithridates I of Parthia (-195).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Iran

Among philosophers born in Iran, Shahab al-Din Yahya ibn Habash Suhrawardi ranks 6. Before him are Al-Ghazali (1058), Al-Tabari (839), Bayazid Bastami (804), Fakhr al-Din al-Razi (1149), and Miskawayh (932). After him are Mazdak (450), Mulla Sadra (1571), Haji Bektash Veli (1209), Al-Shahrastani (1086), Al-Baydawi (1201), and Al-Taftazani (1322).

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