Dawūd al-Qayṣarī
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Sufi scholar, philosopher and mystic
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Philosophy
Dawūd al-Qayṣarī's Degrees
- PhD Islamic Philosophy University of Baghdad
- Masters Sufism University of Baghdad
- Bachelors Theology University of Baghdad
Why Is Dawūd al-Qayṣarī Influential?
(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Dawūd al-Qayṣarī was an early Ottoman Sufi scholar, philosopher and mystic. He was born in Kayseri, in central Anatolia and was the student of the Iranian scholar, Abd al-Razzaq Kāshānī . He was the author of over a dozen philosophical texts, many of which are still important textbooks in Shi'ite religious schools. The most important is the commentary on Ibn al-'Arabi's Fusus al-Hikam and his criticism of Ibn al-Farid's poetry. Sultan Orhan Gazi built a school for him in the town of İznik, the first case of an Ottoman state-established medrese.
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