Al-Shahrastani

Tāj al-Dīn Abū al-Fath Muhammad ibn `Abd al-Karīm ash-Shahrastānī
تاج الدين أبو الفتح محمد بن عبد الكريم الشهرستاني
TitleNā’ib (Deputy) of the chancellery for Sanjar, the Saljūq ruler of Khurāsān
Personal
Born
al-Shahrastani

1086 CE
Shahristān, Khorasan (province of Persia)
Died1153
Shahristān, Khorasan
ReligionIslam
EraIslamic Golden Age
RegionShahristān, Khorasan
JurisprudenceShafi'i
CreedAsh'ari[1][2]
Main interest(s)History, theology, Kalam, philosophy, historiography, Islamic jurisprudence
Notable work(s)Al-Milal wa al-Nihal, Nihayat al-Iqdam fi 'Ilm al-Kalam
Muslim leader
Influenced by

Tāj al-Dīn Abū al-Fath Muhammad ibn `Abd al-Karīm ash-Shahrastānī (Arabic: تاج الدين أبو الفتح محمد بن عبد الكريم الشهرستاني; 1086–1153 CE), also known as Muhammad al-Shahrastānī, was an influential Persian historian of religions, a historiographer, Islamic scholar, philosopher and theologian.[3] His book, Kitab al–Milal wa al-Nihal (lit. The Book of Sects and Creeds) was one of the pioneers in developing an objective and philosophical approach to the study of religions.[4]

  1. ^ John B. Henderson (1998). The Construction of Orthodoxy and Heresy: Neo-Confucian, Islamic, Jewish, and Early Christian Patterns. SUNY Press. p. 28. ISBN 9780791437599.
  2. ^ Israr Ahmad Khan, Hilman Latief, Maher Abu-Munshar, Khosrow Bagheri and Zohreh Khosravi (2006). Katherine Bullock (ed.). American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences 23:4. International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT). p. 36.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ Schimmel, Annemarie (1992). Islam: An Introduction (Translation of: Der Islam). SUNY Press. ISBN 0-7914-1327-6. OCLC 25201546. p. 86
  4. ^ Watt, William Montgomery (1991). Muslim-Christian Encounters: Perceptions and Misperceptions. London and New York: Routledge. ISBN 0415054109.