Haydar Amuli, fully Sayyid Baha al-Din Haydar Amuli, lived from 1319 to 1385 and was a Shiite mystic and philosopher, an early representative of Shia mystical philosophy and one of the most distinguished commentators on the mystic philosopher Ibn Arabi. Born in Amol, Iran and dying in Najaf, Iraq, he synthesized Shiism and Sufism, exploring pure monotheism and the concept of spiritual guardianship known as walaya, and integrated Hermetic thought into Islamic mysticism in ways that diverged from Ibn Arabi's own approach; of more than forty works he wrote, seven survive, including his best known Jami al-asrar wa manba al-anwar and a commentary on Ibn Arabi's Fusus al-hikam titled Nass al-nusus. His work went on to influence later Shii philosophers including Mulla Sadra and Ayatollah Khomeini.
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Defining MomentProposed that Imamite Shiism, combining shari'a, tariqa and haqiqa, is identical with Sufism 2 Notable PublicationJami al-asrar wa manba al-anwar 2 Office HeldConfidant, then minister, to the Bavandid ruler Fakhr al-Dawla Hasan 2 TraditionImamite Shia theosophy and Sufism, synthesizing shari'a, tariqa and haqiqa 2 Disputed
Birth YearIranica gives two possible Hijri to CE year equivalents for his birth, 1320 or 1319 Partially Attested
Death YearIranica states this is the last documented reference to him, not a confirmed date of death In the Other Atlases
- Also in Geography Atlas: Iran, originated there.
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Haydar Amuli
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Sayyid Baha al-Din Haydar, Haydar al-'Obaidi al-Hossayni Amuli, Sayyed Haydar Amoli, or Mir Haydar Amoli (Persian: میر حیدر آملی) was a Shi'ite mystic, philosopher, and early representative of Shi'a mystic philosophy, being considered one of the most distinguished commentators of the mystic philosop
2. Encyclopaedia Iranica, AMOLI, SAYYED BAHA-AL-DIN HAYDAR
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b. 720/1320, or perhaps 719/1319
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The last notice of him dates from 787/1385, when he completed his Resalat al-olum al-aliya.
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early representative of Imamite theosophy
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he was an early proponent of the thesis that Imamite Shi'ism, which combines the shari'a, tariqa, and haqiqa, is identical with Sufism.
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It has become the best-known of Amoli's writings, thanks to studies by Corbin and P. Antes
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made a confidant, then a minister, of Fakhr-al-dawla
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He studied first in his home town of Amol
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He then settled in Najaf, where he lived for over thirty years.
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