Sayyed Ahmad Alavi, the Glossary
Sayyed Ahmad Alavi, also known as Ahmad b. Zayn al-'Abidin al-'Abidin al-'Alawi al-'Amili, or Mir Sayyid Ahmad 'Alavi 'Amili, (d. between 1644 - 1650; سید احمد علوی) was a Safavid philosopher and theologian of the Philosophical school of isfahan.[1]
Table of Contents
13 relations: Aleppo, Baha al-Din al-Amili, Hebrew language, Isfahan, Ismail I, Levant, Mir Damad, New Testament, Old Testament, Safavid dynasty, Safavid Iran, School of Isfahan, The Book of Healing.
- 17th-century Iranian philosophers
Aleppo
Aleppo (ﺣَﻠَﺐ, ALA-LC) is a city in Syria, which serves as the capital of the Aleppo Governorate, the most populous governorate of Syria.
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Baha al-Din al-Amili
Baha al-Din Muhammad ibn Husayn al-Amili (18 February 1547 – 1 September 1621), also known as Bahāddīn ʿĀmilī, or just Sheikh Bahāʾi (Persian: شیخ بهایی) in Iran, was a Levantine Arab.
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Hebrew language
Hebrew (ʿÎbrit) is a Northwest Semitic language within the Afroasiatic language family.
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Isfahan
Isfahan or Esfahan (اصفهان) is a major city in the Central District of Isfahan County, Isfahan province, Iran.
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Ismail I
Ismail I (translit; 14 July 1487 – 23 May 1524) was the founder and first shah of Safavid Iran, ruling from 1501 until his death in 1524.
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Levant
The Levant is an approximate historical geographical term referring to a large area in the Eastern Mediterranean region of West Asia and core territory of the political term ''Middle East''.
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Mir Damad
Mir Damad (ميرداماد) (c. 1561 – 1631/1632), known also as Mir Mohammad Baqer Esterabadi, or Asterabadi, was a Twelver Shia Iranian philosopher in the Neoplatonizing Islamic Peripatetic traditions of Avicenna. Sayyed Ahmad Alavi and Mir Damad are 17th-century Iranian philosophers and Islamic philosophers.
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New Testament
The New Testament (NT) is the second division of the Christian biblical canon.
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Old Testament
The Old Testament (OT) is the first division of the Christian biblical canon, which is based primarily upon the 24 books of the Hebrew Bible, or Tanakh, a collection of ancient religious Hebrew and occasionally Aramaic writings by the Israelites.
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Safavid dynasty
The Safavid dynasty (Dudmâne Safavi) was one of Iran's most significant ruling dynasties reigning from 1501 to 1736.
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Safavid Iran
Safavid Iran, Safavid Persia or the Safavid Empire,, officially known as the Guarded Domains of Iran, was one of the largest and long-standing Iranian empires after the 7th-century Muslim conquest of Persia, which was ruled from 1501 to 1736 by the Safavid dynasty.
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School of Isfahan
The Isfahan School is a school of Islamic philosophy.
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The Book of Healing
The Book of Healing (also known as) is a scientific and philosophical encyclopedia written by Abu Ali ibn Sīna (also known as Avicenna) from medieval Persia, near Bukhara in Maverounnahr.
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See also
17th-century Iranian philosophers
- Abd al-Razzaq Lahiji
- Azar Kayvan
- Mir Damad
- Mir Fendereski
- Mohsen Fayz Kashani
- Muhammad Sadiq Ardestani
- Mulla Hamzah Gilani
- Mulla Sadra
- Nezam al-Din Ahmad Gilani
- Rajab Ali Tabrizi
- Sayyed Ahmad Alavi
- Saʽid Qomi