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Tāj al-Dīn Abū al-Fath Muhammad ibn `Abd al-Karīm ash-Shahrastānī | |
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تاج الدين أبو الفتح محمد بن عبد الكريم الشهرستاني | |
| Title | Nā’ib (Deputy) of the chancellery for Sanjar, the Saljūq ruler of Khurāsān |
| Personal | |
| Born | al-Shahrastani 1086 CE |
| Died | 1153 Shahristān, Khorasan |
| Religion | Islam |
| Era | Islamic Golden Age |
| Region | Shahristān, Khorasan |
| Jurisprudence | Shafi'i |
| Creed | Ash'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 |
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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]
- ^ John B. Henderson (1998). The Construction of Orthodoxy and Heresy: Neo-Confucian, Islamic, Jewish, and Early Christian Patterns. SUNY Press. p. 28. ISBN 9780791437599.
- ^ 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) - ^ Schimmel, Annemarie (1992). Islam: An Introduction (Translation of: Der Islam). SUNY Press. ISBN 0-7914-1327-6. OCLC 25201546. p. 86
- ^ Watt, William Montgomery (1991). Muslim-Christian Encounters: Perceptions and Misperceptions. London and New York: Routledge. ISBN 0415054109.