Baha al-Din al-Amili, commonly called Sheikh Bahāʾī, lived from 1547 to 1621 and was a Twelver Shia scholar and polymath in Safavid Iran. An ethnic Arab from Jabal Amil in what is now south Lebanon, he moved to Iran as a child, where his father was shaykh al-Islam in Herat, and he later became chief advisor to Shah Abbas I in Isfahan. He wrote more than one hundred treatises in Arabic and Persian on jurisprudence, logic, astronomy and mathematics, and counted seventy-seven scholars among his students. He is also credited with the urban vision behind Naqsh-e Jahan Square and with hydraulic and water management projects in the capital.
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Baha al-Din al-Amili (Arabic: بهاء الدين العاملي; Persian: بهاءالدین عاملی: 18 February 1547 – 1 September 1621), commonly known as Sheikh Bahāʾī, was a Twelver Shia Muslim scholar and polymath in Safavid Iran, who composed various works in Arabic and Persian.
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Baha al-Din al-Amili (Arabic: بهاء الدين العاملي; Persian: بهاءالدین عاملی: 18 February 1547-1 September 1621), commonly known as Sheikh Bahāʾī, was a Twelver Shia Muslim scholar and polymath in Safavid Iran, who composed various works in Arabic and Persian.
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Baha al-Din al-Amili (Arabic: بهاء الدين العاملي; Persian: بهاءالدین عاملی: 18 February 1547-1 September 1621), commonly known as Sheikh Bahāʾī, was a Twelver Shia Muslim scholar and polymath in Safavid Iran, who composed various works in Arabic and Persian.
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Closely tied to the court of Shah Abbas I (r. 1587-1629), he became known for his role in the intellectual sphere of Isfahan and is seen as a leading figure in his field, with seventy-seven scholars counted among his students.
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A prolific author in both Arabic and Persian, Sheikh Bahaʾī composed over one hundred treatises spanning jurisprudence, logic, astronomy, mathematics, and theology-primarily in his mother tongue, Arabic.
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A prolific author in both Arabic and Persian, Sheikh Bahaʾī composed over one hundred treatises spanning jurisprudence, logic, astronomy, mathematics, and theology-primarily in his mother tongue, Arabic.
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