William Chittick

William Chittick

male
Islam and other religions, iranologist, Persian language, University of Tehran alumni, Seyyed Hossein Nasr, Tehran's Aryamehr Technical University
William C. Chittick is a renowned scholar of Sufi thought and literature and Islamic philosophy. Born in Connecticut, he completed a Ph.D. in...
Abu Muslim Khorasani

Abu Muslim Khorasani

male, deceased (755)
Bihafarid, Abu Muslim Abd al-Rahman ibn Muslim al-Khorasani, de facto, Umayyad Dynasty, abbasid, Abbasid Caliphate
Abu Muslim Abd al-Rahman ibn Muslim al-Khorasani was an Abbasid general of Persian ("Tājīk") origin, born in Balkh (then Khorasan, in the North of...

Kuthayyir

male
Kaysaniyya, Muhammad ibn Al-Hanafiyya, Shi'ism, mahdi, 660 in poetry, Medieval writer
Kuthayyir ibn 'Abd al-Rahman al-Mulahi (ca. 660-ca. 723), commonly known as Kuthayyir 'Azza was an Arab 'Udhri poet of the Umayyad period from the...
Denis Maceoin

Denis Maceoin

male
Baha'i Faith, Shi‘ism, Shaykhism, Islamic studies, Denis M. MacEoin, Shi'a Islam
Denis M. MacEoin PhD (b. 1949) is a novelist and a former lecturer in Islamic studies. His academic specializations are Shi‘ism, Shaykhism, Bá...
Abu Mikhnaf

Abu Mikhnaf

male
Muslim, hasan, historian, Muslim historian, 8th century, Kufa…Shiism
Abi Mekhnaf (Yahya ibn Sa'id ibn Mikhnaf Al-Kufi) ("'"') was a Muslim historian from the 8th century. He lived in Kufa and died in. He attributes...
Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel

Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel

male, 64 years old (Iran)
Iranian Parliament, Academy of Persian Language and Literature, Seyyed Hossein Nasr, University of Shiraz, Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance of Iran, Islamic Consultative Assembly…Safavid Shiism
Gholam Ali Haddad-Adel born in 1945 in Tehran, Iran, is the chairman of the Iranian parliament. He is the first non-cleric in the post since the...