Shihab al-Din Yahya ibn Habash Suhrawardi
Persian philosopher and founder of the school of Illuminationism
- Lived
- 1155–1191
- Country
- Abbasid Caliphate
Updated September 2026
About Shihab al-Din Yahya ibn Habash Suhrawardi
Shihāb al-Dīn Abū al-Futūḥ Yaḥyā ibn Ḥabash ibn Amīrak al-Suhrawardī was a Persian philosopher and founder of the Iranian school of Illuminationism, an important school in Iranian and Islamic philosophy.
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