Abu Hatim Ahmad Ibn Hamdan al-Razi | |
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Died | 322 AH (932/933 CE) |
Philosophical work | |
Era | Medieval era |
Region | Islamic philosophy |
School | Isma'ilism |
Main interests | Philosophy,Theology,Proselytism,Exegesis,Jurisprudence |
Notable ideas | Precedence ofQadar overQada |
Abū Ḥātim Aḥmad ibn Ḥamdān al-Rāzī (Persian:ابو حاتم احمد بن حمدان الرازی) was aPersian[1]Ismaili philosopher of the 10th century, who died in 322 AH (932/933 CE).[2][3] He was also theDa'i al-du'at(chief missionary) ofRay and the leader of theIsmailida'wah in CentralPersia.
He was born inRay near modernTehran. He was a contemporary ofMuhammad ibn Zakariya al-Razi and engaged in debates with him.
secondly, some very great Shi'i thinkers who were ethnically Persian, such as the Isma'ilis, Abu Hatim Razi and Sijistani in the fourth/tenth century, or the Imamis, Nasir al-DIn Tusi (seventh/thirteenth century) and 'Allama Hilli (seventh-eighth/thirteenth-fourteenth centuries) and many others, were to continue to write in Arabic.