Philosopher

Azar Kayvan

Overview

Āzar Kayvān (b. between c. 1529 and 1533; d. between c. 1609 and 1618) was the Zoroastrian high priest of Istakhr and a gnostic philosopher, who was a native of Fars, Iran and later emigrated to Patna in the Mughal Empire during the reign of Emperor Akbar. A member of the Sepāsīān community (gorūh), he became the founder of a Zoroastrian school of Ishraqiyyun or Illuminationists, which exhibited features of Sufi Muslim influence. This school became known as the Kis-e-Abadi "Abadi sect" or Azarkeivanian.

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Philosophers who discussed Azar Kayvan

• Shihab al-Din Yahya ibn Habash Suhrawardi

Ideas Azar Kayvan discusses

• Persian language
• Gnosticism
• Iran
• Twelver Shi'ism
• Akbar
• Madrasa
• Mughal Empire
• Illuminationism
• Sanskrit
• Sufism
• Zoroastrianism
• Adam
• Yoga Vasishtha
• Mobad

Place in the tradition

Part of Iranian philosophy.

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