Hamid al-Din al-Kirmani

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Hamid al–Din Abu’l–Hasan Ahmad b. ‘Abdallah al–Kirmani (996 - 1021 CE) was a Persian Isma'ili scholar who served as a da'i, theologian and philosopher under the Fatimid caliph-imam al-Hakim bi Amr Allah. He was called upon to refute the dissident da'is, who by proclaiming al-Hakim's divinity had initiated the Druze movement. His prominent works are:

• Rahat al-‘aql (Peace of Mind, or Comfort of Reason), completed in 1020 CE and considered his magnum opus
• Al-Aqwal al-dhahabiya, refuting al-Razi's argument against the necessity of revelation
• Kitab al-riyad, a book that propounds the early Isma'ili cosmology.

[edit] Further Reading

• Paul E. Walker (1999). Hamid al-Din al-Kirmani: Ismaili Thought in the Age of al-Hakim. 

• (French) Daniel De Smet (1995). La Quiétude de l’intellect: Néoplatonisme et gnose ismaélienne dans l’oeuvre de Hamid ad-Din al-Kirmani. 

[edit] External Links

• Hamid al-Din al-Kirmani at the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy