Sheikh Bahāʾī, a jurist, hadith scholar, philosopher, poet, mathematician, litterateur, astronomer, and a prominent scholar of the Safavid* era (1547–1621/953–1030).1 His full name was Bahāʾ al-Dīn Muhammad b. ‛Ezz al-Dīn Hussein b. ‛Abd al-Ṣamad b. Shams al-Dīn Muhammad Ḥārethī Jabal ‛Āmelī. His lineage traces back to Ḥāreth b. Aswad al-Hamdānī, a companion of Amīr al-Muʾmenīn … Continue reading Sheikh Bahāʾī