Iran / Persia: Sadr ad-Din Muhammad Shirazi, also called Mulla Sadra (c. 1571 -1640), Shia Islamic philosopher, and theologian, anonymous painting, 19th or 20th century

Sadr ad-Din Muhammad Shiraz was an Iranian Shia Islamic philosopher and theologian who led the Iranian cultural renaissance in the 17th century.

Mulla Sadra's philosophy ambitiously synthesized Avicennism, Shahab al-Din Suhrawardi's Illuminationist philosophy, Ibn Arabi's Sufi metaphysics, and the theology of the Ash'ari school and Twelvers.

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