Mir Findiriski

Mir Findiriski (1562 to 1640) was a Persian philosopher, poet and mystic of the Safavid era who studied and taught in Isfahan alongside Mir Damad, and who counted Mulla Sadra among his students. He spent much of his life in India among yogis and Zoroastrians, learning Sanskrit and studying Indian thought, and he moved between the Safavid and Mughal courts as a rare intellectual bridge between Persian and Indian philosophical traditions. His best known work, al-Resala al-Sena'iya, brings together political and ethical thought, advice literature for princes, metaphysics and a classification of the sciences. He lived an ascetic life, including vegetarianism, reflecting the Indian influences on his philosophical outlook.