Al-Shahrastani
1086
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1153
movement: Ash'ari
country of citizenship: Abbasid Caliphate
occupation: philosopher, 'ālim, historian, theologian
student of: Abu Al-Qasim Al-Ansari
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. 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. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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