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Abu Sulayman Sijistani

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Abu Sulayman Muhammad al-Sijistani, (Arabic: أبو محمد سليمان السجستاني) nicknamed al-Mantiqi ('the Logician'; Arabic: المنطقي), c. 912 – c. 985 CE, named for his origins in the Sijistan or Sistan region in present-day Eastern Iran and Southern Afghanistan, was a leading Islamic humanist philosopher in Baghdad. Deeply religious, he regarded both religion and philosophy as valid and true, but separate, concerned with different issues, and proceeding by different means. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Abu Sulayman Sijistani is the 916th most popular philosopher (down from 835th in 2019), the 257th most popular biography from Iraq (down from 234th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Iraqi Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Abu Sulayman Sijistani ranks 916 out of 1,267. Before him are Jakob Friedrich Fries, Gottlob Ernst Schulze, Valentin Weigel, Leontion, Pierre Nicole, and Matthias Bel. After him are Sengzhao, Heinrich Khunrath, Ramiro Ledesma Ramos, Abu al-Hassan al-Amiri, Martin Lings, and J. M. E. McTaggart.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 932, Abu Sulayman Sijistani ranks 7. Before him are Pope Marinus II, Miskawayh, Boleslaus II, Duke of Bohemia, Sancho I of León, Adalbert of Italy, and At-Ta'i. After him are Dong Yuan, and Abu Firas al-Hamdani. Among people deceased in 1000, Abu Sulayman Sijistani ranks 17. Before him are García Sánchez II of Pamplona, Henry of Speyer, Joseph Genesius, Bertha of Swabia, Leo of Tripoli, and Þorbjörn Hornklofi. After him are Constantine of Preslav, Mara Takla Haymanot, John Kaminiates, and Ōshikōchi no Mitsune.

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In Iraq

Among people born in Iraq, Abu Sulayman Sijistani ranks 257 out of 384. Before him are Ikunum (-1900), Mashallah ibn Athari (740), Awad Hamed al-Bandar (1945), Ishaq ibn Hunayn (830), Al-Asmaʿi (740), and Hisham ibn al-Kalbi (737). After him are Enlil-nirari (-1400), Ashur-resh-ishi I (-1200), Eriba-Adad I (-1400), Ibrahim ibn Sinan (908), Abu-l-'Atahiya (748), and Yahya ibn Ma'in (775).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Iraq

Among philosophers born in Iraq, Abu Sulayman Sijistani ranks 8. Before him are Al-Ash'ari (873), Al-Jahiz (775), Abu Yusuf (731), Hunayn ibn Ishaq (809), Diogenes of Babylon (-240), and Abu'l-Barakāt al-Baghdādī (1080). After him are Ibn Abi'l-Hadid (1190), and Jamil Sidqi al-Zahawi (1863).

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