Mir Damad
Teacher of Mulla Sadra and master of Peripatetic and Illuminationist philosophy.
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Mir Damad was a prominent philosopher of the Safavid era.[1] He was the progenitor of the Mirdamadi family.[2] Through his maternal lineage, former Supreme Leader of Iran Ali Khamenei is a descendant of Mir Damad, as Khamenei’s mother belonged to the Mirdamadi family.[2][1]
Life and work
Mir Damad had a son named Seyed Ali Naghi Astarabadi.[2] Ayatollah Sayyid Hashem Najafabadi Mirdamadi was a member of the Mirdamad household.[1] That Ayatollah was born in the year 1303 L.H. and died in the year 1380 L.H.[1] He was Ayatollah Khamenei’s maternal grandfather.[1]
Mother Lady Mirdamadi was born in the year 1293 S.H. and passed away in the year 1368.[1] S.H. Nasr notes that Mir Damad produced approximately 134 known works.[3]
What the cited sources add
The biography from KHAMENEI.IR states that Mir Damad was a prominent philosopher of the Safavid era.[1] It also names Ayatollah Sayyid Hashem Najafabadi Mirdamadi as a member of the Mirdamad household.[1] That source gives birth and death years for Ayatollah Sayyid Hashem Najafabadi Mirdamadi.[1] It provides the birth and death years for Mother Lady Mirdamadi.[1]
The biography lists several religious figures including Hajj Agha Hussein Borujerdi and Imam Khomeini.[1]
References
- "Detailed biography of Ayatollah Khamenei, Leader of Islamic Revolution", KHAMENEI.IR. facts only, no text reused. en.khamenei.ir
- Wikipedia, "Mir Damad" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Detailed biography of Ayatollah Khamenei, Leader of Islamic Revolution", KHAMENEI.IR (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Mir Damad" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: S.H. Nasr (2006), Islamic Philosophy from Its Origin to the Present: Philosophy in the Land of Prophecy, State University of New York Press, p. 214: "Some 134 w (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
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