PHILOSOPHER

Shahab al-Din Yahya ibn Habash Suhrawardi

1155 - 1191

Photo of Shahab al-Din Yahya ibn Habash Suhrawardi

Icon of person Shahab al-Din Yahya ibn Habash Suhrawardi

Shihāb ad-Dīn Yahya ibn Habash Suhrawardī (Persian: شهاب‌الدین سهروردی, also known as Sohrevardi) (1154–1191) was a Persian philosopher and founder of the Iranian school of Illuminationism, an important school in Islamic philosophy. The "light" in his "Philosophy of Illumination" is the source of knowledge. He is referred to by the honorific title Shaikh al-ʿIshraq "Master of Illumination" and Shaikh al-Maqtul "the Murdered Master", in reference to his execution for heresy. Mulla Sadra, the Persian sage of the Safavid era described Suhrawardi as the "Reviver of the Traces of the Pahlavi (Iranian) Sages", and Suhrawardi, in his magnum opus "The Philosophy of Illumination", thought of himself as a reviver or resuscitator of the ancient tradition of Persian wisdom. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Shahab al-Din Yahya ibn Habash Suhrawardi is the 391st most popular philosopher (down from 343rd in 2019), the 126th most popular biography from Iran (down from 111th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Iranian Philosopher.

Shahab al-din Yahya ibn Habash Suhrawardi is most famous for his philosophical work, The Philosophy of Illumination.

Memorability Metrics

Loading...

Page views of Shahab al-Din Yahya ibn Habash Suhrawardi by language

Loading...

Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Shahab al-Din Yahya ibn Habash Suhrawardi ranks 391 out of 1,267. Before him are Boetius of Dacia, Ágnes Heller, Philo of Larissa, Ban Zhao, Richard Avenarius, and Guan Zhong. After him are Haji Bektash Veli, Saadia Gaon, Archelaus, A. S. Neill, J. L. Austin, and Bartolus de Saxoferrato.

Most Popular Philosophers in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1155, Shahab al-Din Yahya ibn Habash Suhrawardi ranks 8. Before him are Peter II of Courtenay, Alfonso VIII of Castile, Niketas Choniates, Ottokar I of Bohemia, Benkei, and Henry the Young King. After him are Kilij Arslan II, Isaac Komnenos of Cyprus, Hermann I, Landgrave of Thuringia, Kamo no Chōmei, Euphrosyne Doukaina Kamatera, and Jien. Among people deceased in 1191, Shahab al-Din Yahya ibn Habash Suhrawardi ranks 4. Before him are Pope Clement III, Philip I, Count of Flanders, and Frederick VI, Duke of Swabia. After him are Theobald V, Count of Blois, William V, Marquess of Montferrat, Conrad II, Duke of Bohemia, and Welf VI.

Others Born in 1155

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 1191

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Shahab al-Din Yahya ibn Habash Suhrawardi ranks 126 out of 631. Before him are Sibawayh (760), Abbas III (1732), Ata-Malik Juvayni (1226), Abu Hanifa Dinawari (815), Jahan Shah (1397), and Mohammad-Ali Rajai (1933). After him are Arsaces I of Parthia (-280), Haji Bektash Veli (1209), Shahnaz Pahlavi (1940), Amytis of Media (-630), Mohammad Shah Qajar (1808), and Vologases IV (150).

Others born in Iran

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among PHILOSOPHERS In Iran

Among philosophers born in Iran, Shahab al-Din Yahya ibn Habash Suhrawardi ranks 8. Before him are Al-Tabari (839), Bodhidharma (483), Fakhr al-Din al-Razi (1149), Bayazid Bastami (804), Miskawayh (932), and Mazdak (450). After him are Haji Bektash Veli (1209), Mulla Sadra (1571), Al-Baydawi (1201), Shihab al-Din 'Umar al-Suhrawardi (1145), Al-Taftazani (1322), and Muhammad Husayn Tabatabai (1892).

Iranian born Philosophers

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous