This book is about a Muslim Shi'i philosopher of the early 16th century, Najm al-Din Mahmud al-Nayrizi. Educated in Shiraz, he became interested in Avicennan and Suhrawardian philosophy. Apart from Nayrizi, the present study introduces his contemporary philosophers and provides an outlines of the main philosophical challenges of the time.

Reza Pourjavady, PhD (2008) in Islamic Studies, Free University of Berlin, is currently working as a research assistant at the institute of Islamic Studies, McGill University. Together with Sabine Schmidtke he published A Jewish Philosopher of Baghdad: ʿIzz al-Dawla Ibn Kammūna (d. 683/1284) and His Works (Brill 2006).