Download or read book Philosophy in Early Safavid Iran written by Reza Pourjavady and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2011 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is about a Muslim Shi’i philosopher of the early 16th century, Najm al-Din Mahmud al-Nayrizi. Educated in Shiraz, he became interested in Avicennan and Suhrawardian philosophy. Apart from Nayrizi, the present study introduces his contemporary philosophers and provides an outlines of the main philosophical challenges of the time.