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Suhrawardi

Shihab al-Din Yahya al-Suhrawardi

Suhrawardi offered a distinctive philosophy of illumination and became a major post-Avicennan voice.

BORN 1154 CE · Suhraward, IranDIED 1191 CE · Aleppo, SyriaERA Ayyubid

NOTABLE CONTRIBUTION

Founded the Illuminationist school, combining logic, metaphysics, symbolic light imagery, and spiritual knowledge.

THE RECORD

His philosophy used light as a metaphysical language for being and knowledge.
He blended Greek, Islamic, and Persian symbolic resources.
He was executed in Aleppo after conflict with political and religious authorities.