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Shams al-Din Muhammad Lahiji

Type Figure Region Persia Time 1289–1357 Also known as Shams Lahiji

Shams al-Din Muhammad Lahiji (1289–1357) was a Persian scholar of the late Ilkhanate through the mid-14th century, from Rashtan in Gilan.

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  1. 1301–1310Rashtan · Gilan ProvinceBetween 1301 and 1310, Shams al-Din Lahiji completed foundational training in Islamic studies, logic, grammar, and philosophy in Rashtan, Gilan. This period coincided with the Ilkhanate from Öljaitü to Abu Sa'id, when local scholars sustained the 13th-century Persian scholarly heritage through family and guild traditions, laying the groundwork for his later writing and teaching in central Persia.
  2. 1310–1350Shiraz · Fars ProvinceAfter 1310, Lahiji gradually left Gilan and engaged in writing and teaching at scholarly centers in southern Persia such as Shiraz. He participated in the convergence of scholastic philosophy and Sufi thought of the time, leaving commentaries and theological-philosophical works; his scholarly career continued into the Jalairid period, and he died around 1357 in the vicinity of Shiraz.

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