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Shihab al-Din 'Umar al-Suhrawardi

1145 - 1234

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Shahab al-Din Abu Hafs Umar 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 72,014 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Shihab al-Din 'Umar al-Suhrawardi is the 646th most popular philosopher (up from 692nd in 2019), the 195th most popular biography from Iran (down from 192nd in 2019) and the 14th most popular Iranian Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Shihab al-Din 'Umar al-Suhrawardi ranks 646 out of 1,081. Before him are Johan Vilhelm Snellman, Gautama Maharishi, Johannes Bugenhagen, Peter the Iberian, Pierre Hadot, and Zalmoxis. After him are Zoilus, Ammonius Hermiae, Antonio Labriola, Hemachandra, Hermann Samuel Reimarus, and Gaius Marius Victorinus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1145, Shihab al-Din 'Umar al-Suhrawardi ranks 8. Before him are Marie of France, Countess of Champagne, Ibn Jubayr, Sverre of Norway, Al-Adil I, Maria of Antioch, and Mikhail of Vladimir. After him are Margaret I, Countess of Flanders, Baha ad-Din ibn Shaddad, 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 6. Before him are Sancho VII of Navarre, Canute II of Sweden, Emperor Chūkyō, Emperor Go-Horikawa, and Stefan Radoslav. After him are Ibn al-Farid, Otto I, Duke of Merania, Floris IV, Count of Holland, and Baha ad-Din ibn Shaddad.

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Shihab al-Din 'Umar al-Suhrawardi ranks 195 out of 528. Before him are Shutruk-Nakhunte (-1300), Al-Taftazani (1322), Mansour Bahrami (1956), Al-Hakim al-Nishapuri (933), Sati Beg (1300), and Muhammad Husayn Tabatabai (1892). After him are Mohammad-Baqer Majlesi (1627), Baba Tahir (947), Orodes III of Parthia (-100), Reza Abbasi (1565), Daqiqi (1000), and Googoosh (1950).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Iran

Among philosophers born in Iran, Shihab al-Din 'Umar al-Suhrawardi ranks 14. Before him are Mulla Sadra (1571), Haji Bektash Veli (1209), Al-Shahrastani (1086), Al-Baydawi (1201), Al-Taftazani (1322), and Muhammad Husayn Tabatabai (1892). After him are Hossein Nasr (1933), Abdolkarim Soroush (1945), Dariush Shayegan (1935), and Taraneh Javanbakht (1974).

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