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Also Known As al-Maqtūl • Shihāb ad-Dīn Yaḥyā ibn Ḥabash ibn Amīrak as-Suhrawardī • Shaykh al-Ishrāq
Born c.1155 • Iran
Died 1191 • Aleppo • Syria
Subjects Of Study Ishrāqīyah • mysticism

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