Fathullah Shirazi

Fathullah Shirazi
BornShiraz, Safavid Iran
(present-day Shiraz, Iran)[1]
Died1588–89 (997 AH)[2]
Kashmir, Mughal Empire[2][1]
SpouseDaughter of Muzaffar Khan Turbati[1]
ReligionShia Islam[1]

Sayyed Mīr Fathullāh Shīrāzī[3] (Persian: سید میر فتح الله شیرازی; died 1588–89[2]) was an Indo-Persian Sufi polymath and inventor who specialized in many subjects: theology, literature, grammar, philosophy, medicine, mathematics, astronomy, astrology, and mechanics.[1] A close confidant of the Mughal Emperor Akbar, Shirazi held several important administrative positions in his imperial court.[1]

  1. ^ a b c d e f Alvi, M.A.; Rahman, Abdur (1968). Fathullah Shirazi: A Sixteenth Century Indian Scientist. New Delhi: National Institute of Sciences of India.
  2. ^ a b c Bhakkari, Shaikh Farid. The Dhakhīratul Khawanīn. p. 142.
  3. ^ Sharif Husain Qasemi (1999), "Mīr Sayyed Fatḥ-Allāh Šīrāzī", Encyclopædia Iranica.