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Al-Bahrani
Kamal al-Din Maytham ibn Ali (Arabic: كمال الدين ميثم ابن علي, romanized: Kamāl al-Dīn Maytham ibn ʿAlī; 1238–1299), commonly known by the nisba al-Bahrani (Arabic: البحراني, romanized: al-Baḥrānī), was a leading thirteenth-century Twelver Shia theologian, author and philosopher. Al Bahrani wrote on Twelver doctrine, affirmed free will, the infallibility of prophets and imams, the appointed imamate of `Ali, and the occultation of the Twelfth Imam.[1] Along with Kamal al-Din Ibn Sa’adah al Bahrani, Jamal al-Din ‘Ali ibn Sulayman al-Bahrani, Maytham Al Bahrani was part of a thirteenth-century Bahrain school of theology that emphasised rationalism.[2] At the same time, Maytham Al Bahrani was profoundly influenced by the disciplines of philosophy and mysticism.[3] He wrote widely on such theology related philosophical issues as epistemology and ontology. Al Bahrani's scholarship took in both Imami and Sunni sources; according to University of Bahrain academic, Ali Al Oraibi:
In the thirteenth century, Twelvers – particularly mystics[5] – were a growing influence in Bahrain, which had previously been dominated by the Ismaili Qarmatian sect.[citation needed] The Bahrain school of thought's integration of philosophy and mysticism into Imami Shi'ism had an enduring legacy, influencing fourteenth-century theologians such as Ibn Abi Jumhur al-Ahsai'i. Politically, the intellectual vitality of al-Bahrani and his contemporaries is credited with converting the Ilkhanid monarch, Mohammed Khudabandeh, to convert to Shi'ism and announce a Shia state.[6] He is buried in Mahooz, Bahrain, where a shrine and mosque have been constructed. See alsoReferences
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