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Shihab al-Din 'Umar al-Suhrawardi

1145 - 1234

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Shahab al-Din Abu Hafs Umar al-Suhrawardi (c. 1145 – 1234) was a Persian Sufi and nephew of Abu al-Najib Suhrawardi. He expanded the Sufi order of Suhrawardiyya that had been created by his uncle Abu al-Najib Suhrawardi, and is the person responsible for officially formalizing the order. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Shihab al-Din 'Umar al-Suhrawardi has received more than 86,058 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Shihab al-Din 'Umar al-Suhrawardi is the 627th most popular philosopher (up from 646th in 2019), the 194th most popular biography from Iran (up from 195th in 2019) and the 14th most popular Iranian Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Shihab al-Din 'Umar al-Suhrawardi ranks 627 out of 1,267. Before him are Kitaro Nishida, Antonio Labriola, Alexander of Hales, Werner Jaeger, Nikolai Fyodorovich Fyodorov, and Theodor Lipps. After him are Philipp Mainländer, Diogenes of Oenoanda, Ernst Nolte, David Hartley, Gongsun Long, and Yves Bonnefoy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1145, Shihab al-Din 'Umar al-Suhrawardi ranks 8. Before him are Al-Adil I, Ibn Jubayr, Sverre of Norway, Marie of France, Countess of Champagne, Maria of Antioch, and Najm al-Din Kubra. After him are Mikhail of Vladimir, Baha ad-Din ibn Shaddad, Margaret I, Countess of Flanders, Sven Aggesen, Theodora Komnene, Queen of Jerusalem, and Ruben III, Prince of Armenia. Among people deceased in 1234, Shihab al-Din 'Umar al-Suhrawardi ranks 7. Before him are Emperor Go-Horikawa, Sancho VII of Navarre, Emperor Chūkyō, Canute II of Sweden, Stefan Radoslav, and Ibn al-Farid. After him are Floris IV, Count of Holland, Emperor Mo of Jin, Otto I, Duke of Merania, Baha ad-Din ibn Shaddad, Robert III, Count of Dreux, and Gervase of Tilbury.

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Shihab al-Din 'Umar al-Suhrawardi ranks 194 out of 631. Before him are Shahrokh Shah (1734), Abu al-Qasim al-Khoei (1899), Simko Shikak (1887), Baba Tahir (947), Shohreh Aghdashloo (1952), and Ibn Khuzayma (838). After him are Táhirih (1817), Reza Pahlavi, Crown Prince of Iran (1960), Phriapatius (-290), Ali Daei (1969), Abū Sahl al-Qūhī (940), and Ahmad ibn Rustah (null).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Iran

Among philosophers born in Iran, Shihab al-Din 'Umar al-Suhrawardi ranks 14. Before him are Shahab al-Din Yahya ibn Habash Suhrawardi (1155), Haji Bektash Veli (1209), Mulla Sadra (1571), Al-Baydawi (1201), Muhammad Husayn Tabatabai (1892), and Al-Taftazani (1322). After him are Hossein Nasr (1933), Abdolkarim Soroush (1945), Dariush Shayegan (1935), and Taraneh Javanbakht (1974).

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